Data Breaches Part I – Is it Possible to Prevent the Inevitable?

October 22, 2007 • Published by Admin Archive Acquirers, Breaches, Incident Response, ISOs, Merchants, PCI Risk, Security Awareness, Small Business, SMB

The media’s increased focus on data breaches. As the settlement terms of the most talked about data breach in 2007-the TJX data breach-are being assessed in the millions, the Media’s attention has only increased its focus on data breaches. Industry-specific guidelines and compliance measures, such … Read more

Data Breaches Part II: Five Steps to Manage a Data Breach

October 22, 2007 • Published by Admin Archive Acquirers, Breaches, Forensics, Incident Response, ISOs, Laws, Merchants, PCI Risk, Regulation, Security Awareness, Small Business, SMB

Though a smaller data breach than its predecessors at TJX and ChoicePoint, the musical instrument company Bananas.com (Bananas at Large) was the victim of a hacker, who, according to published reports stole an administrative password by accessing Bananas.com systems as a remote user. What’s interesting … Read more