With many questions surrounding the Global Payments breach left unanswered, how should card issuers respond to customers' concerns? ID theft expert Neal O'Farrell offers communications tips.
Until these deficiencies are fully addressed, a GAO audit reveals, increased risk exists to unauthorized access to sensitive data and programs and disruption of critical operations on managing the federal debt.
ATM skimming losses are down at European banks. But the low-tech scheme of cash trapping is on the rise. How should banking institutions respond to this latest fraud trend?
Gartner analyst Avivah Litan questions whether the security vulnerabilities that led to a breach that exposed 1.5 million cards may be linked to long-standing security issues at Global Payments.
Government Accountability Office auditors have identified weaknesses in information security controls at the Securities and Exchange Commission that jeopardize the confidentiality and integrity of the SEC's financial information.
According to our new survey, more than half of banking institutions expect an increase in fraud-fighting resources this year. But how are they investing those resources? The answers may surprise you.
With a court decision handed down in Texas, a lingering lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems and two acquiring banks, KeyBank and Heartland Bank, appears to finally have been put to rest.
"What happens in Vegas got 19 people busted," says Robert Siciliano, a McAfee consultant and ID theft expert, on the latest busts. "The fight against card fraud is beginning to look like the war on drugs."
The cost of a data breach is down, say the latest Ponemon Institute study. But as the Global Payments breach shows, organizations still have many reasons to be concerned, says researcher Larry Ponemon.
How might the Global Payments breach saga unfold? A look back on the Heartland Payments System incident and investigation offers clues to what could be a rocky road ahead.
The 24-year-old accused hacker linked to the LulzSec breach that targeted Sony has pleaded guilty to the role he played in the SQL injection attack that cost Sony more than $600,000 in damages.
In the wake of the Global Payments Inc. data breach, what should banking institutions do to ease customers' concerns and contain any potential fraud? Experts weigh in with three key tips.
When it comes to mobility and bring-your-own-device, which policies should organizations and leaders use to ensure security and ongoing best practices? Joe Rogalski of First Niagara Bank offers tips.
Cloud services are being adopted increasingly by organizations. But with adoption comes increased concern, says Symantec's Francis deSouza. How can organizations deploy cloud security to protect their data?
Performing a job effectively most of the time doesn't cut it in IT security, as the Internal Revenue Service is being reminded by Treasury Department auditors.
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