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RSS theft cardLogical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication
White Paper With the growing use of wired and wireless networks to access information resources and the increasing occurrence of identity theft and attacks on corporate networks, password-based user authentication is increasingly... [14 Nov 2009]
Privacy and Secure Identification Systems: The Role of Smart Cards as a Privacy-Enabling Technology
White Paper Protecting privacy means protecting individuals' rights to control how personal information is collected and promulgated Protecting privacy also includes protecting against identity theft or the use of an individual's... [14 Nov 2009]
Institutional Identity Theft
White Paper The most common form of identity theft is credit card fraud. Identity theft is a catch-all term for crimes involving illegal usage of another individual's identity. Identity... [13 Nov 2009]
Successful Security Strategies for Retailers in a Challenging Economy
White Paper At the same time, rising incidences of security breaches, credit card fraud, and identity theft are making retailers more aware of the need for tighter network security. Off late economic environment has... [13 Nov 2009]
Assuring PCI-DSS Compliance With Real-Time Database Security and Monitoring
White Paper The Payment Card Information Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) was created in 2004 by the leading credit companies in response to the growing problem of cardholder information theft. Despite heavy fines... [13 Nov 2009]
PCI Compliance at the Source
White Paper These all-too-familiar grim statistics of identity theft and data loss illustrate the depth and breadth of issues relating to the processing and storage of payment data. As a result, the Payment Card... [12 Nov 2009]
Security Threat and Vulnerability Mitigation Patterns: A Case of Credit Card Theft Mitigation
White Paper Most attacks on computer and software systems are caused by threats to known vulnerabilities. Part of the reason is that one needs a lot of knowledge in developing secure systems, but it is difficult to obtain sufficient knowledge and... [11 Nov 2009]
Financial Transactions and Personal Data Security - Is Your Customers#$# Data Safe?
White Paper In 2007, a major Canadian bank lost a computer backup file that contained individual personal data of 470,000 of its customers.3 In 2008, Statistics Canada confirmed that a theft of completed census questionnaires had... [11 Nov 2009]
PCI Security Compliance: The Facts - What PCI Security Means for Your Business
White Paper The PCI DSS is now actively maintained by the PCI Security Standards Council, and represents a multifaceted standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and... [06 Oct 2009]
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Primer Version 1.1: Applying PCI to Wireless LANS and Compliance Requirements
White Paper Credit card theft is costing the U.S.economy an estimated $500 million a year (Department of Homeland Security) and the cost to the economy has increased at 21% annually over the last two years (January... [02 Oct 2009]
Actinic Selects GlobalSign for Extended Validation SSL Certificates
White Paper With the increase of e-commerce, organisations and customers alike are faced with ever increasing security threats, for example, phishing attacks, and credit card fraud and identity theft. Founded in... [01 Oct 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News Identity theft is the purpose behind the ads," said Clickfacts' Caruso. Then, if someone falls for the ruse and provides credit card and other billing information, the scammers have sensitive financial... [16 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News Albert Gonzalez, a former federal government informant and the alleged ringleader of one of the largest known identity theft cases in US history, pleaded guilty in Boston to 19 counts of conspiracy, computer fraud, wire... [14 Sep 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News The breach involving Heartland and the others is believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the US Department of Justice. Formerly a federal government informant, Gonzalez also was... [18 Aug 2009]
Taxman's scam warning: Fraudsters want your passwords
News The phishing scam encouraged recipients to give their bank or credit card details in order to collect the supposed tax refund - leaving them open to having their bank accounts drained and the possibility of ID... [06 Aug 2009]
