76% of companies have had a data breach or expect to have a breach
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 23/05/2013
Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute have released a study that finds that, despite the majority of companies experiencing or anticipating significant cost and business disruption due to a material data breach, they still struggle to take the proper measures to mitigate damage in the wake of an incident. The report, “Is Your […]
UK Government’s update on its activities to protect children on the Internet
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 22/05/2013
Earlier this month the UK Government provided an update to their activities around protecting children on the Internet. The update paper follows on from the June 2012 announcement of a consultation seeking views on three broad options for protecting children: “Default-on” or “opt-in” – where people’s home Internet Service Provider (or each internet-enabled device) blocks […]
Small firms lose up to £800 million to cyber crime a year
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 21/05/2013
New research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that cyber crime costs its members around £785 million per year as they fall victim to fraud and online crime. The report shows: 41% of FSB members have been a victim of cyber crime in the last 12 months, putting the average cost at around […]
PCI Security Standards Council announces new board of advisors
Posted by brianfpennington in PCI DSS Compliance on 16/05/2013
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), announced election results for the 2013-2015 PCI SSC Board of Advisors. The Board will represent the PCI community by providing counsel to SSC leadership. The Council’s more than 690 Participating Organizations selected individuals from the following organizations to represent their industry’s unique perspectives in the development of PCI Standards […]
RSA’s April Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on the changes in Phishing tactics
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 13/05/2013
Phishing still stands as the top online threat impacting both consumers and the businesses that serve them online. In 2012, there was an average of over 37,000 phishing attacks each month identified by RSA. The impact of phishing on the global economy has been quite significant: RSA estimates that worldwide losses from phishing attacks cost […]
PCI Security Standards Council publishes card production security requirements
Posted by brianfpennington in PCI DSS Compliance on 09/05/2013
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), has announced the publication of a standard for secure payment card production. The standard consists of two sets of requirements: PCI Card Production Physical Security Requirements PCI Card Production Logical Security Requirements Together, these documents provide card vendors with a comprehensive source of information describing the security requirements […]
RSA’s March Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on Email and Identity takeover
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 26/03/2013
RSA’s March 2013 Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a summary of the report is below. Phishing attacks are notorious for their potential harm to online banking and credit card users who may fall prey to phishers looking to steal information from them. Compromised credentials are then typically sold in […]
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