The (EMV/Contactless) World According To Visa « PCI Guru
The PCI SSC stated that while Visa is not requiring merchants to file a ROC or AOC, the merchant still has to ensure that it is PCI DSS compliant. This means that the merchant still must go through...
View Article2012 Security Spending To Hold Strong
For 2012, 37% of information security professionals say their business plans to increase its security spending, while only 16% expect their security spending to decrease. The top drivers for spending...
View ArticleuPromise and FTC
The FTC alleged that after the personalized offers feature was enabled, extensive information was collected from the user and transmitted to Upromise, including the names of all websites visited, all...
View ArticleFinal phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1
All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision...
View ArticleFISMA compliance eludes agencies — Federal Computer Week
Only seven out of 24 agencies are more than 90 percent compliant with the Federal Information Security Management requirements, and more than half saw their compliance score decline compared to last...
View Article40% of U.S. government Web sites fail security test
Approximately 40% of federal government agencies are out of compliance with a regulation that requires them to deploy an extra layer of authentication on their Web sites to prevent hackers from...
View ArticleLevel 3 PCI Compliance Increases Slightly, Even As Its Population Grows
The latest PCI compliance stats—out this week—show trivial changes from the prior report, with Level 2 and Level 3 retailers slightly increasing compliance. Level 2 went from 91 percent at the end of...
View ArticlePCI Council Launches Reseller Cert Program
Channel partners honing their compliance skills will soon be able to add one more to their portfolio with the launch of a new Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council certification program...
View ArticleGartner predicts huge rise in monitoring of employees social media use
Corporations are starting to embrace technologies used to monitor employee Internet use, with 60 percent expected to watch workers social media use for security breaches by 2015, according to a new...
View ArticleInsurance exchanges’ IRS Publication 1075 data compliance new to many
Protecting that tax data requires more than just HIPAA compliance. Separate breach reporting and data encryption rules apply, for example, and the IRS has some fairly specific rules for physical...
View Article