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Hurry Up & Wait 21 Dec 2012 | 01:34 am
New Harris Poll released last week led some insights into consumer views on mobile payments. Among the highlights of the poll is that more than 60% of respondents believe that smartphone payments wil...
Safe Web Act 10 Dec 2012 | 10:20 pm
You may have seen headlines (small ones, but headlines nonetheless) regarding the re-authorization of the Safe Web Act. The full name of the act, which is far more descriptive of its actual function,...
Left out in the Cold 6 Dec 2012 | 10:17 pm
A major national insurance company announced this week that its network had been compromised and more than 1 million customer records were stolen. Among the data included in the breach are “people’s n...
Brand Cover 28 Nov 2012 | 11:37 pm
“The times are tough now, just getting tougher - This old world is rough, it’s just getting rougher - Cover me, come on baby, cover me” – Bruce Springsteen 1984 Businesses work very hard to build the...
Hidden Data 27 Nov 2012 | 11:05 pm
When we talk about the protection of data, particularly sensitive personal information like credit card or social security numbers, we often focus on “digital data.” By digital data, I mean that data...
Trouble at Home? 14 Nov 2012 | 09:46 pm
For those of us in the security space, it’s common to hear about crime rings based out of Eastern Europe that are targeting US companies and consumers. Stealing the data and selling it to make a fast...
Small Business, Not a Small Target 14 Nov 2012 | 03:12 am
Recent reports indicate that small businesses tend to overlook the threat of a data security breach. Controlscan, a company that specializes in assisting small and medium sized businesses with PCI co...
Toil and Trouble 8 Nov 2012 | 10:15 pm
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being. - John Stuart Mill Last year, California was in the news as a result of an interpretatio...
Password Security: Open Sesame! 25 Oct 2012 | 09:12 pm
The topic of password security is not new. It’s probably not that interesting to most people, but the fact remains that password security is important. Think of all the websites that you use that re...
Put This One in the Books 24 Oct 2012 | 08:47 pm
Barnes and Noble has reported that PIN entry devices in dozens of its stores have been hacked. According to the company, one device in each of 63 different stores had been compromised. The company s...
