With a court decision handed down in Texas, a lingering lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems and two acquiring banks, KeyBank and Heartland Bank, appears to finally have been put to rest.
Ignorance is not bliss. Two new studies, when viewed together, show that consumers' ignorance of the consequences of their actions coupled with enterprises' unawareness of their computing environment equal unacceptable risk.
The cost of a data breach is down, say the latest Ponemon Institute study. But as the Global Payments breach shows, organizations still have many reasons to be concerned, says researcher Larry Ponemon.
How might the Global Payments breach saga unfold? A look back on the Heartland Payments System incident and investigation offers clues to what could be a rocky road ahead.
The 24-year-old accused hacker linked to the LulzSec breach that targeted Sony has pleaded guilty to the role he played in the SQL injection attack that cost Sony more than $600,000 in damages.
In the wake of the Global Payments Inc. data breach, what should banking institutions do to ease customers' concerns and contain any potential fraud? Experts weigh in with three key tips.
Cloud services are being adopted increasingly by organizations. But with adoption comes increased concern, says Symantec's Francis deSouza. How can organizations deploy cloud security to protect their data?
Companies should hire a breach resolution vendor before they experience a data breach to help ensure rapid, appropriate response, says security consultant Robert Peterson.
Should you accept a Facebook friend request from your boss? And if you don't accept the invitation, could that decision possibly hurt your career? I asked our advisers, who offer thoughtful insights.
Has there been an undisclosed data breach? In the wake of the latest revelations by Global Payments Inc., some fraud analysts wonder whether they might be seeing signs of a separate breach.
The Global Payments data breach raises the question: How can organizations detect and respond to such intrusions? Verizon offers answers in its 2011 Investigative Response Caseload Review.
Creating a more trusted Internet ecosystem should help all types of enterprises and leaders implement identity management solutions that extend beyond usernames and passwords, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt says.
Gartner Analyst Avivah Litan, one of the first fraud experts to report the Global Payments Inc. data breach, says the latest revelations raise more questions than answers about the incident's impact.
As news of the Global Payments Inc. data breach spread, impacted organizations, including the major payment card brands, released statements about the incident. Following are the latest news releases.
In its second formal statement about its data breach, payments processor Global Payments Inc. says this incident is confined to North America and involves fewer than 1.5 million payment cards.
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