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Mastercard’s Selfie ID: Playing Russian Roulette with consumer identities?

At this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, MasterCard announced it will accept selfie photographs and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying …

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Why the legal sector is risking confidential information

The lack of unique logins, manual logoffs and concurrent logins is putting confidential information in the legal sector at risk, new research has revealed. A report by IS …

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Compliance compounded by evolving threat landscape

As industry business models change, compliance challenges are being compounded by an evolving threat landscape and by increased scrutiny from federal agencies looking to …

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New date for migrating off vulnerable SSL and early TLS encryption

Following significant feedback from the global PCI community and security experts, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) announced a change to the …

Point of Sale malware gaining momentum as holiday shopping season approaches

Point of sale (POS) systems – what consumers often call the checkout system – are often the weak link in the chain and the choice of malware. They should be isolated …

90% of directors believe regulators should hold firms liable for hacks

A new Veracode and NYSE Governance Services survey of 276 board members reveals how cybersecurity-related corporate liability is being prioritized in the boardroom.Nine out of …

Safeguarding data in the healthcare industry

Concurrent logins, manual logoffs, password sharing and the lack of unique logins are putting patient records at risk, new research from IS Decisions has revealed. Despite …

Compliance vs. cybersecurity: Insurers face competing priorities

Over the next 12 months insurers will face competing priorities for resources and time, with cybersecurity preparedness challenging overall regulatory compliance readiness, …

The cost of EMV compliance

Credit card companies are making the final call for US merchants to switch over to EMV chip technology in anticipation of the looming deadline. Merchants now have less than …

Best practices for ensuring compliance in the age of cloud computing

When was the last time you heard someone utter the sentence, “I’m looking forward to the audit next week.” Most likely, never. Since its invention, the word “audit” has struck …

Solving the third-party risk management puzzle for PCI

One of the main PCI compliance challenges for businesses is how to accurately document and monitor the payment data and personal information they hold and share with third …

Dealing with a difficult data legacy

Customer call recording and storage is now standard practice across a variety of industries, as well as a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requirement in many cases. But …

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