See, now this is exactly what I was just talking about last time. You know, that recent string of data breaches perpetrated against major retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus. With this recent survey, retailers better hope that the issue of notification laws regarding data breaches gets resolved soon, and that stronger standards are put in place, because consumers are understandably a bit out of sorts about the theft of their personal information. According to the survey, conducted by data science company Feedzai of 2,000 shoppers across the country, 60% attribute responsibility squarely at these retailers.
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Written by Jonathan Weicher
Thursday, April 3, 2014
"Scramble -- it's compliance time!"
This may save you from a small fine but if you don't stay compliant and you get breached the fine will be much larger and you will have to deal with reputation issues. Don't scramble, put some basic guidelines in place for your employees, educate them on what they can and can't do & stay proactive that is the solution to compliance.
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Subcontractor or Human Error the data is still gone!
I think it is safe to say that this was really just another example of how human error is at the root of most breaches.
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Breached since 2012 - Were you Compliant Ever?
Retail Giant Spec's has had a Sophisticated Hacking Scheme attacking them since October of 2012. Until we learn more about how they did this the one question I have is how could they be PCI compliant during that time. Now we don't know how they did it or if it ever fell under PCI guidelines but its safe to say someone was asleep at the wheel to have missed a breach for close to 2 years.
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Flash Drive Breach
Shouldn't all data be encrypted? I think we have got to a point where we don't give the employees an option to have unencrypted data. If they do let the IT group make sure it is in a secure location, this might be the only way to protect against human error.
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