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Latest Retail News

Heartland settles with American Express over breach

Dan Kaplan December 18, 2009

Heartland Payment Systems has settled its first lawsuit with a card brand over the 2008 data breach.
 

Lawsuit against BJ's over 2004 breach dismissed

Angela Moscaritolo December 16, 2009

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing a case against BJ's Wholesale Club over a 2004 breach.
 

Judge dismisses shareholder lawsuit against Heartland

Dan Kaplan December 09, 2009

A federal judge in New Jersey has thrown out one of the three class-action lawsuits pending against Heartland Payment Systems.
 

Breached restaurateurs suing point-of-sale provider

Angela Moscaritolo December 02, 2009

The restaurants, located in Louisiana and Mississippi, are seeking millions of dollars in damages from Georgia-based point-of-sale vendor Radiant Systems and its distributor Computer World.
 

Experts expect exploits abound on Cyber Monday

Angela Moscaritolo November 25, 2009

Cybercriminals have already begun to ramp up their exploits in preparation for Cyber Monday, one of the busiest online shopping days of the year.
 

Latest Retail Opinion

Secure customer loyalty with the gift of data security

Brian Lapidus, chief operating officer, Kroll Fraud Solutions December 07, 2009

Retailers need to check their list twice to ensure the proper security measures are in place.
 

Recognizing the payment industry achievements of 2009 and looking ahead

Lib de Veyra, chairman, PCI Security Standards Council December 02, 2009

The chairman of the PCI Security Standards Council shares his thoughts on the payment industry's 2009 successes and looks forward to what is on the horizon to ensure the protection of credit card information.
 

Cybercriminals move up the stack -- but so does data protection

Gary Palgon, VP, nuBridges August 18, 2009

Cybercriminals have approached data theft in a methodical way, starting at the bottom of the technology stack and working their way up to the top - the applications layer.
 

The simple complexity of PCI

Joe Leonard, security practice manager, Presidio Networked Solutions August 11, 2009

The intent of the PCI standard is really quite simple: To safeguard the information of payment card holders as it makes its way through the network. But things get complex in execution, as the information crosses many touchpoints in the delivery infrastructure.
 

A new approach to identity and access management governance: Governance with accountability

Venkat Raghaven, director product management, security, risk and compliance, Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group August 10, 2009

With the increasing number of collaborative business models, information databases and social networks, sharing and managing identity and access information has become critical.
 

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