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The risks from Cyber cime - Hacking - Loss of Data Privacy - Identity Theft and other topical threats - can be greatly reduced by implementation of robust IT Security controls ...
The UK Cards Association (previously known as APACS) has written to the University of Cambridge asking them to remove a paper, claiming that it contains information that might be of use to criminals....
As 2010 draws to a close, it seems an appropriate time to consider the changes that have taken place over the last twelve months and look ahead to the coming year. In terms of payments security, 2010 ...
Despite Information Commissioner doling out his first-ever fines for Data Protection Act breaches, the UK consumer wants tougher penalties for those deemed to be wrong-doers. Isn’t it great when you ...
Ever clicked send on an email, and instantly regretted it? I think we’ve all been there – but perhaps not to the scale of one UBS employee this week, where a small error has created some rather signif...
Following recent news that more than two-thirds of companies have been hit by data breaches over the past year, the report featured in Computer Weekly is an interesting, if not alarming, confirmation...
We all know about identity fraud and the various ways this can happen, but what about the tools to fight identity fraud? Well, there are industry measures in place to stop people’s identities being us...
To date, the poor availability of phones with NFC technology has been one of the factors holding back the use of this technology to enable wave-and-pay mobile payments in a shop or peer-to-peer paymen...
Key security considerations for home and mobile workers In many cases executive IT and security professionals trust their Information Security departments to provide adequate security to protect empl...
There is no doubt we live in an increasingly mobile, fast-paced and complicated society. If you had asked the average person in the street five years ago how their identity could be stolen then bin ra...
If Visa’s Payment Security Forum held in Cairo this week is anything to go by, Data Field Encryption projects certainly seem to be on the agenda for banks in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Euro...
I first did a blog on Do you Protect Your PIN at ATM on this site last winter. In it I stated: "The most common ways that criminals obtain a PIN at an ATM are by looking over your shoulder (defe...
The voices calling for the U.S. to migrate to EMV have been growing louder over the past few months with Walmart, T-Mobile and even the Federal Reserve calling for or discussing the move. Meanwhile, ...