The Federal Reserve's just-released plan for faster payments and technology standardization, while applicable to ACH and wire transactions, won't easily translate for card payments, says Troy Leach of the PCI Security Standards Council.
Data breaches are inevitable, hence it's up to executives to ensure their enterprise is secured, without trying to encrypt everything, warns Prakash Panjwani, president and chief executive officer of SafeNet.
In the wake of an "inebriated" government employee crashing a drone on the White House lawn, federal officials sound warnings over the potential weaponization of consumer drones. But is it anything more than a Hollywood-style movie plot?
A payment card breach at an Indiana resort signals that similar incidents will occur throughout 2015 as businesses continue to deal with malware and point-of-sale attacks, one security expert says.
ICICI Bank has launched a new payments service to enable customers transfer funds via twitter. Can it ensure a secure transaction and reach its goal of enabling Gen Y to leverage the service effectively?
US-CERT warns that all Linux distributions should be immediately updated to patch "GHOST," a serious security vulnerability. Attackers could exploit the bug to remotely seize control of a system.
Despite bipartisan rhetoric, comments from lawmakers and witnesses at a Jan. 27 House hearing illustrate why reaching a consensus on a national data breach notification law remains a challenge.
The FBI has issued an alert about a "Business E-mail Compromise" fraud scam targeting businesses that regularly make wire transfers to foreign companies. Experts offer mitigation insights.
Because of employees' increasing demands to use mobile devices at work, NIST's latest special publication provides organizations with a process to implement a mobile app vetting process.
Facebook dismisses reports that a brief Jan. 26 outage was triggered by either U.S. blizzard conditions or the hacking group Lizard Squad. The social network blames the hour-long outage on an internal, technical problem.
As the East Coast braces for a blizzard, information security experts say organizations in the path of the storm should be preparing to launch their business continuity plans - including making arrangements for those forced to work at home.
The Federal Reserve on Jan. 26 revealed its roadmap for an overhaul of the U.S. payments system, which includes plans for faster settlement and a focus on improving payments security to reduce fraud.
The Malaysia Airlines website was the victim of an apparent DNS settings attack on Jan. 26, for which the hacking group Lizard Squad claimed credit. The hacking group began leaking some travelers' itineraries.
The increase in sophisticated hacking attacks will lead other sectors to follow the lead of the financial services industry in implementing multifactor authentication, says Ken Hunt, CEO of VASCO Data Security International.
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general is protesting redactions made by the Transportation Security Administration to a security audit of DHS information systems at New York's JFK airport.
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