Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by Jackie Gilbert
I’ve been at the RSA Conference all week, so I just noticed an intriguing news item from The Register on Monday. The article details survey results from an unnamed security vendor, concluding that one-third of workers are open to bribes for data theft. It’s beyond the scope of this blog to speculate on the statistical [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2009 by Jackie Gilbert
Heads up – there’s been another “massive” credit card security breach – the 3rd such incident in recent months. We don’t know which company suffered the breach, but it appears to be another card payment processor. We’re still in the “whisper period” as some call it – Visa and MasterCard have begun notifying banks, and banks [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Mark McClain
I just read a Wall Street Journal article by Bruce Schneier, the CTO of BT and a renowned security author. The piece, “Thwarting an Internal Hacker,” is timely given recent security breaches hitting the news (including Heartland Payment Systems and Fannie Mae, which he references) coupled with the economy. I’ve already written about how the [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2009 by Kevin Cunningham
I read today that TJX just held a “Customer Appreciation” sale related to the massive data breach that exposed as many as 100 million customer accounts. According to TJX spokesperson Sherry Lang, TJX offered customers 15% off entire purchases on January 22 “to express our appreciation to customers for their continued support and patronage following [...]
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