On September 9th Apple unveiled their newest iPhone and latest release of their mobile operating system with Apple Pay. Apple’s entrance into the world of payments is exciting and while it played out a bit differently than most expected they certainly made a splash. Here are three game changers […]
Experts in the security industry were alerted last week to a new bug that many are claiming could be more devastating than the Heartbleed bug witnessed earlier this year. The Shellshock bug affects many systems and devices, including Mac OS, find out how to protect yourself. […]
Over the course of this past year several large companies here in the U.S. have experienced a large data breach: Target, Neiman Marcus, Dairy Queen, and most recently Home Depot. How is it that these large companies with large resources at their disposal can find themselves in a situation like this? […]
Physical security is an important aspect of any organization and one that it’s leaders must take into consideration when developing many of the business practices. Ensuring that your organization implements the right physical security practices is a great way to bolster data security as a whole. […]
Did you know that up until September 11th, 2001 that checks were physically moved around the country in trucks to processing centers which sorted and placed them on airplanes to be physically flown to their various banks. Yes, you read that correctly: paper checks were physically moved around the country unless only a few years ago. […]
On the heels of a rash of breaches at retail stores throughout the nation over the last year a new trend has been seen emerging. London-based security company Forgenix has recently been working with various organizations and officials to investigate a new series of data breaches being spotted. […]
We are going to highlight the crucial Requirement 8: Identify and Authenticate Access to System Components. Requirement 8 was overlooked by some companies who experienced these large security breaches. Had this requirement been implemented and monitored it may have prevented these breaches from happening to begin with. […]
Selecting a proper Service Provider to partner with in offering online transactions is a very important step for any organization. Before getting into the details of how to select a service provider, it is important to understand what a service provider truly is and what they do. […]
Goodwill, a nationwide chain that sells donated apparel and other household items has reportedly been involved in a series of credit card breaches. Investigators are currently looking into the potential theft; however, nothing has been confirmed. Appropriate action will be taken if it is discovered there was in fact a data breach. Suspicion began to […]
Documentation is an incredibly valuable and often times required step for ensuring compliance with the PCI DSS. At times documenting processes or procedures can be time consuming, luckily documenting user privileges for systems that touch your card data environment is a fairly simple process. […]