Why the Adoption of Chip and PIN Technology is Inevitable
Credit card usage is growing annually and the figures reveal some very interesting trends. In 2006, the United States Census Bureau determined there were nearly 1.5 billion credit cards in use in the...
View ArticleMissing elements in PCI DSS
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT Global Services It is interesting to note that chip and pin was missing from the study initially done by the PCI council in 2009...
View ArticleNo New Requirements for PCI-DSS: What is the Role of the Council?
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT MSSG The latest version of the PCI DSS has no new requirements, only clarifications and new guidance. The final version of the...
View ArticleAmazon, Starbucks and Information Security Data – Part #2
By Ben Rothke, Senior Security Consultant, BT Global Services, CISSP CISA In Amazon, Starbucks and Information Security Data – Part #1, I wrote of the dearth of effective and objective information...
View ArticlePop-up Banking
By Toby Weir-Jones, Vice President of Product Development, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT Global Services As the world gets ready for the next Summer Olympics — in London 2012 — it’s worth giving...
View ArticleVerifying Your On-line Shopping Experience: Is it Time to Move Beyond the...
By Toby Weir-Jones, Vice President of Product Development, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT Global Services Last year we talked about how the online shopping extravaganza isn’t just about prices...
View ArticlePCI: A Year in Review
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, BT Counterpane It has been a big year for PCI DSS compliance in Europe. Even though the deadline for European compliance was September 2010, the reality is that many...
View ArticleFeeling No Pain: Consumer Indifference and Merchant Risk Acceptance
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, BT Counterpane In a world where the consumer makes choices on purchasing based on the lowest price, is there really a driver for organizations to invest in security?...
View ArticleMobile Payments, Wallets and Standards
Last month, the PCI Security Council released their first guidelines on mobile acceptance applications since announcing in November that they had finished the product review cycle. The guidelines...
View ArticleSecurity: Is the West Lagging Behind?
It’s fairly normal for people to think that everything is better in the country that they live in as compared to when they go abroad. That’s perhaps more the case for people living in the USA and...
View ArticleA new identity in financial markets
Banks, brokers and market regulators around the world have always faced the challenge of identifying individual counterparties and customers. Within financial institutions, because of the siloed...
View ArticleHas chip and PIN had its day?
By Sushila Nair, Security Specialist, BT Global Services In the days leading up to Thanksgiving 2013, the shops were buzzing with people as they searched for the year’s Christmas gifts; queues formed,...
View ArticleWhy the Adoption of Chip and PIN Technology is Inevitable
Credit card usage is growing annually and the figures reveal some very interesting trends. In 2006, the United States Census Bureau determined there were nearly 1.5 billion credit cards in use in the...
View ArticleMissing elements in PCI DSS
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT Global Services It is interesting to note that chip and pin was missing from the study initially done by the PCI council in 2009...
View ArticleNo New Requirements for PCI-DSS: What is the Role of the Council?
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT MSSG The latest version of the PCI DSS has no new requirements, only clarifications and new guidance. The final version of the...
View ArticleAmazon, Starbucks and Information Security Data – Part #2
By Ben Rothke, Senior Security Consultant, BT Global Services, CISSP CISA In Amazon, Starbucks and Information Security Data – Part #1, I wrote of the dearth of effective and objective information...
View ArticlePop-up Banking
By Toby Weir-Jones, Vice President of Product Development, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT Global Services As the world gets ready for the next Summer Olympics — in London 2012 — it’s worth giving...
View ArticleVerifying Your On-line Shopping Experience: Is it Time to Move Beyond the...
By Toby Weir-Jones, Vice President of Product Development, Managed Security Solutions Group, BT Global Services Last year we talked about how the online shopping extravaganza isn’t just about prices...
View ArticlePCI: A Year in Review
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, BT Counterpane It has been a big year for PCI DSS compliance in Europe. Even though the deadline for European compliance was September 2010, the reality is that many...
View ArticleFeeling No Pain: Consumer Indifference and Merchant Risk Acceptance
By Sushila Nair, Product Manager, BT Counterpane In a world where the consumer makes choices on purchasing based on the lowest price, is there really a driver for organizations to invest in security?...
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