payment identity theft
Pay by Touch Teams With IBM to Roll Out Biometric Payment System
White Paper So, a payment system that offers consumers a higher level of convenience, speed and increased protection against identity theft sounds like a winner for retailers. With identity theft on the rise, consumers have never been more cautious about... [30 Nov 2005]
Tax credit fiasco: 8,800 identities stolen
News The government has admitted losing £2.7m to fraudulent claims through a hole in the tax credits system as details emerge of further employee identity theft. Brian Contos of security firm ArcSight said: "This incident has been described as one of... [19 Jan 2006]
PCI-DSS Solutions From Novell
White Paper Millions of cases of identity theft, including a number of high-profile cases where large amounts of payment card data was stolen or compromised, have fueled an urgent industry-wide movement to tighten payment card data security. [28 Mar 2008]
Encrypting Recordings Is Not Enough: Steps to Protect Your Most Sensitive Data
White Paper As fraud and identity theft becomes more prevalent, businesses that record calls must adhere to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards to prevent recorded transactions from becoming a target. [13 May 2008]
Protecting Credit Card Data: How to Achieve PCI Compliance
White Paper These days, anyone who owns a credit card is familiar with the problem of identity theft, in which technology-savvy thieves extract customer credit and debit card information from unsecured databases. [31 May 2008]
PCI Compliance: The Importance of Securing Payment Information
White Paper Fraud and identity theft are on the rise. The Federal Trade Commission received more than 685,000 complaints of fraud and identity theft in 2005, totaling more than $680 million in stolen assets. This effort resulted in the Payment Card Industry... [13 May 2008]
Compliance Solutions for the Payment Card Industry Security Standard (PCI)
White Paper PCI is one of many emerging mandates designed to address data privacy and identity theft. Decru DataFort storage security appliances provide turnkey encryption and access control enforcement to protect cardholder data, supporting compliance with... [02 Feb 2006]
PCI Data Security Standard
White Paper Despite the best efforts of organizations to protect customer data, consumer fraud and identity theft have hit new highs. In addition, the banking and credit card industry have spearheaded their own initiatives, including the newly revised Payment... [31 May 2008]
How Innovative Day-to-Day Technology Operations Will Improve Your PCI Ranking
White Paper This webcast covers how creating innovative day-to-day technology operations will help to improve the security of the entire organization in addition to protecting cardholder information, minimizing consumer identity-theft and protecting the... [23 May 2007]
'Banks must educate customers on fraud'
News Managed services company Unisys has attacked banks and building societies for failing to tackle consumer apathy towards identity theft and fraud. Nigel Moden, retail banking partner at Unisys, said in a statement: "Many financial institutions... [04 Aug 2005]
Banks agree to increase web security
News Identity theft emails, known as phishing attacks, cost banks £12m last year, according to the Association of Payment and Clearing Systems (APACS). People are selling two-factor authentication as the solution to our current identity-theft problems... [14 Apr 2005]
419 scams clean out gullible US victims
News People who claimed to be victims of identity theft lost an average of $2,000, and those who suffered cheque fraud lost $1,100. Online auctioneers have been the target of numerous fraud schemes, ranging from sellers bidding on their own auctions to... [10 Apr 2003]
Massive ID theft ring still operating
News An estimated 27,000 people have been affected by an identity theft ring that was discovered earlier this month, according to Sunbelt Software, the security firm which uncovered the operation. Eric Sites, the vice president of research and... [25 Aug 2005]
Phishing targets put up their guard
News APACS reported earlier this month that banks lost £12m through online fraud last year, as consumers fell victim to identity theft email scams. An APACS report on card fraud stated that phishing scams in particular were responsible for online... [24 Mar 2005]
UK card fraud fall will mean rise in ID theft
News Datamonitor believes that with one set of their criminal revenue cut off, the bad guys will turn to identity theft to keep the money rolling in. The amount lost to identity theft rose significantly last year - up by 44 per cent to £29.7m in 2003. [26 Aug 2004]
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