Any security measure is only as strong as its weakest link. The same rings true for biometrics security. Biometric data, often considered the most secure, however it is only as secure as the system that protects it. Biometric data, which uses fingerprints, visual cryptography, and facial recognition technology to make a secure online transaction or access other confidential information,...

In today’s digital world, encryption schemes are everything. Are you absolutely sure your business is protected? Recent reports might cause you to take a closer look at how you’re protecting your customers’ sensitive information. At the point of sale, there are two encryption options: PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solutions and nonlisted encryption solutions, which lack several key requirements. The PCI...

Keeping yourself protected from increasingly common cyber-attacks is now one of the most important areas of business management. It’s a fact that with cybercrime consistently on the rise, the potential damage that can occur due to a data breach can end up damaging your company beyond repair. Luckily, this needn’t be the case, and with a few simple and cost-effective...

Cybersecurity is a booming field that many people are going into because of the many benefits it has to offer. If you want a career change to something exciting and rewarding, this is certainly one option that you will want to take a closer look at. There are many benefits to becoming a cyber security specialist, and the more you...

It’s estimated that Americans lose approximately $50 billion a year to financial scams, and there are indirect costs like bounced checks, late fees, trouble meeting monthly expenses and even bankruptcy. So, it’s no stretch to say that fraud also results in emotional costs, which are, in fact high. 50% of victims report having felt severe stress, and over 1/3 report...

EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chip card payments at the US point of sale (POS) are now 2 years’ old (October 2015) at least officially. However, according to a poll of consumers and retailers by a Boston-based merchant processor, consumers think purchases are still being processed slowly; many merchants still don’t accept chip cards. Merchants’ and Consumers’ Views on EMV...

As fraudsters find new ways to imitate their victims, ID fraud soars to record levels. It would seem these criminals are applying for fake policies to build on the profiles of their victims. Fraud prevention service, Cifas, revealed that identity theft reached an all-time high during the first six months of 2017. According to their data, 89,000 identity frauds were...

The Equifax breach occurred between mid-May and July, according to Equifax. The company discovered the hack on July 29. This is one of the worst data breaches ever, by its reach and by the kind of information exposed to the public. Equifax Data Breach Equifax reported that 143 million people could be victimized by a recent data breach. Cyber criminals...

While an overwhelming number of retailers in the United States are still pacing the shift to the use of EMVs, another persuasive tech has hit the market. Most retailers are still lagging behind as they should have ditched the use of TLS 1.0 as their primary transaction security protocol which is set to expire in around ten months. Failure to...

Card-not-present (CNP) fraud is growing as cyber thieves are becoming more skillful at using both technology and stolen payment card data to defraud retailers all over the world. Card-Not-Present (CNP) Fraud According to Research and Markets, the world’s leading market research store, e-commerce merchants, particularly in the US, are dealing with rapid online sales growth. At the same time, the...