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1. Security Outsourcing a Big Trend for 2010?

   [ News ] Topic: Outsourcing | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 01/27/2010

   Forrester Research in a new report suggests that security outsourcing could be a trend in 2010 . The report says companies much do their homework when selecting a security provider and define ways to hold the outsourcer accountable. But they can't just wash their hands of responsibility for...

2. Schwarzenegger Kills Stringent Data-Protection Bill

   [ News ] Topic: PCI Data Security Standard | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 10/15/2007

   California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over the weekend vetoed a bill requiring even more stringent security measures than those required by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, reports eWEEK . The bill would have barred merchants from storing even encrypted payment information...

3. IBM Builds in App Security

   [ News ] Topic: IBM | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 09/23/2008

   IBM is making use of its Watchfire acquisition in new source-code-scanning software that squashes security bugs as software is being written, reports InfoWorld . By using technology from its research labs to enhance Watchfire's AppScan software to spot bugs during the development...

4. Appeals Court Backs Staples Over Alleged Whistleblower

   [ News ] Topic: Sarbanes-Oxley | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 02/11/2009

   A federal appeals court has sided with Staples in a case brought by a young employee who had worked for the company only seven weeks before making allegations of shareholder fraud, reports Law360 (free registration required). The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kevin Day did not meet the...

5. PCI Council Creates Cloud Security Task Force, Announces Board of Advisors

   [ News ] Topic: PCI Data Security Standard | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 05/20/2009

   The Payment Card Industry Council has established a task force to look into potential cloud security risks , reports NetworkWorld . Specifically, "the Council is evaluating various options to address more formally, with our participating organizations, how cloud computing applies to the...

6. PCI Security Council Wants Feedback on PCI DSS

   [ News ] Topic: PCI Data Security Standard | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 06/26/2009

   The PCI Security Standards Council wants comments about how the current version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is working. According to Computerworld , retailers, financial institutions and others in the payment industry can submit feedback between July 1 and Nov. 1 about ...

7. Amazon Cuts Price of Reserved Cloud Services

   [ News ] Topic: Amazon | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 08/24/2009

   Amazon is trying to lock in more users to longer-term contracts by lowering the price of "reserved instances" of its EC2 service by 30 percent, reports TechFlash . Rather than the on-demand, pay-as-you-go model, "reserved instances' allows you to reserve cloud computing services for future...

8. Louisiana Restaurants Sue POS Vendors After Hack

   [ News ] Topic: Security Breaches | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 12/02/2009

   Several Louisiana restaurants are suing the makers of their point-of-sale system , claiming that the companies that made and resold the systems should be responsible for fines levied by payment processors following a compromise of the systems by Romanian hackers, reports Computerworld . The...

9. Survey: Most Small Companies Do Not Comply with PCI Standards

   [ News ] Topic: PCI Data Security Standard | Author: KimMays | Date Published: 09/23/2009

   According to eWEEK , a study performed by the Ponemon Institute and Imperva revealed that although 70 percent of large companies comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, only 28 percent of smaller companies meet compliance regulations. Also, 71 percent of the 500...