Any merchant that accepts credit or debit card payments is likely familiar with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Managed by the PCI Security Standards Council (of which all the major U.S. card issuers are members), PCI DSS sets forth requirements for how card-based transactions are processed. It mandates, among other requirements, the creation […]
The financial services industry is ratcheting up its support of legislation that would set nationwide data security standards and require businesses to notify customers following a breach. The push coincides with an annual advocacy gathering of retailers, who oppose the bill. The National Retail Federation is hosting its annual Retail Advocates Summit in Washington, D.C., […]
In as little as three short months, the #sha-1 internet #security standard used for digital signatures and set to be phased out by January 2017, could be broken by motivated hackers, a team of international #researchers found, prompting security specialists to call for a ramping up of the migration to #sha-2. “We just successfully broke […]
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