Articles from ecommercetimes.com

1. EPIC Takes Buzz Privacy Battle to FTC

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Feb 17 2010) Consumer , Government , Data Breach

   Just a week after the launch of Google Buzz, the Electronic Privacy Information Center on Tuesday filed a complaint with the FTC charging that the new service violates federal consumer protection law. "This is a significant breach of consumers' expectations of privacy," said Marc Rotenberg, the group's executive director. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Electronic Privacy Information Center   FTC   Facebook

2. End-to-End Encryption: Beyond PCI Compliance

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jan 22 2010) Consumer , Data Breach

   PCI DSS has undoubtedly made a significant improvement to the security of cardholder account numbers and other sensitive information within the payment card infrastructure. The standard lays out a strong set of requirements that merchants, acquirers and processors must follow. However, complying with PCI DSS should not be considered a silver bullet. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Am Pt   At&T   Visa

3. E-Commerce Data Security 2010: Learning From 2009's Debacles

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jan 18 2010) Consumer , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

   2009 was the first year since 2005 that the number of data breach incidents recorded actually dropped. If that makes you feel a little more secure -- there is a counter side. The same site reports on personal records that have been exposed: 220 million records in 2009 as compared with 35 million in 2008. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   PCI   TransUnion   Equifax

4. The Legal Thicket of Federated Identity Management

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jan 12 2010) Consumer , Government , ID Theft Prevention

   In this age of phishing, hacking, identity fraud, and other forms of cybercrime, answering two simple questions -- "Who are you?" and "How can you prove it?" -- is fast becoming a critical requirement for all online business activities. Moreover, solving this "identity management" challenge has become quite complex. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Federated   Obama Administration   TSA

5. Top 4 Reasons CISOs and CTOs Fear the Cloud

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Dec 9 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

   For years, IT departments have had full control over their own infrastructure -- for better and worse -- and are naturally uncomfortable with anything that prevents them from being the sole resource for their own infrastructure. They have been trained to maintain tight control because of the complexity of their own environment. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Am Pt   Service

6. Bill Aims to Plug P2P Leaks of Government Data

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Nov 18 2009) Consumer , Government

   Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure. The Secure Federal File Sharing Act, introduced in the House, would bar government employees and contractors from downloading, installing or using so-called peer-to-peer file sharing software. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   White House   House of Representatives   Associated Press

7. Judge: Customers in Ameritrade Class Action Deserve Better Deal

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Oct 27 2009) Consumer , Compliance , Data Breach

   A federal judge has refused to approve a class-action settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco says the deal offers little significant benefit to the more than 6 million current and former customers affected. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Judge Vaughn Walker   Associated Press   San Francisco

8. Twitter Hack Opens Pandora's Box of Security Issues

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jul 16 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

   A hack into Twitter's back-end productivity applications earlier this month is raising some serious questions -- not only about password system security itself, but also about some consequences of network intrusion that may have been unforeseen. About a month ago, a hacker was able to access a Twitter employee's personal email account -- and once there, the intruder struck the mother lode. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   E-Commerce Times   Google

9. Obama Administration Plows Ahead With Controversial E-Verify Program

   Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jul 9 2009) Consumer , Corporate , Government

   Despite strong opposition from business groups and a lawsuit, the Obama administration is making E-Verify, an online verification program, mandatory for businesses working with the federal government. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Wednesday announced support for the program, which lets businesses check employees' work status online. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Social Security Administration   Obama Administration   Department of Homeland Security

10. TJX Closes Chapter in Data Breach Saga

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jun 24 2009) Consumer , Data Breach

    The parent company of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshall's will pay $9.75 million in a settlement with multiple states related to a massive data theft that exposed tens of millions of payment card numbers. Framingham, Mass.-based TJX said Tuesday it will pay $2.5 million to create a data security fund for states as well as a settlement amount of $5.5 million and $1.75 million to cover expenses. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   T.J. Maxx   Framingham

11. Will PCI Ever Make the Grade?

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jun 19 2009) Consumer , Data Breach

    Every time you swipe your credit card and wait for the transaction to be approved, sensitive data including your name and account number are ferried from store to bank through computer networks, each step a potential opening for hackers. While you may take steps to protect yourself against identity theft, an Associated Press investigation has found the banks are not being nearly as cautious as they could. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Eduardo Perez   Mike Herman   Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

12. Fraud Alert Firms' Days May Be Numbered

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (May 31 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    Companies that sell "identity-theft protection" present an alluring but questionable proposition. For as much as about $100 per year, the main thing they do is set fraud alerts that force banks to call people before new lines of credit are opened in their names. The alerts can be useful -- but people can set them themselves, for free. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   TransUnion   Tempe   Equifax

13. The Cloud's Mix 'n' Match Muddle

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (May 26 2009) Consumer , Data Breach

    Cloud computing is a hot tech growth category that shows no signs of cooling. These are still early days, though, and companies that are experimenting with this computing model are doing so in a piecemeal fashion, or on a case-by-case basis. The result, for some firms, is a mishmash of IT functionality -- some of it in the cloud, much of it still on the ground. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   E-Commerce Times   Service   Oracle

14. E-Commerce News: SMB: Consolidating the SMB Security Tool Hodgepodge

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (May 20 2009) Corporate , Compliance , Data Breach

    Comment "Identity Force's SaaS solutions are at the leading edge of this trend..." - Derek Beckwith

    Many vendors are beginning to roll up multiple security features into their products, providing SMBs a security umbrella to hide behind and making their products easier and more efficient to manage. Some are offering their solutions on a subscription basis -- Software as a Service (SaaS). (Read Full Article)
    

    1 Comment Mentions:   Am Pt   Identity Theft Resource Center   Richard Adhikari

15. Consolidating the SMB Security Tool Hodgepodge

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (May 20 2009) Consumer , Corporate , Data Breach

    As the frequent news reports of data breaches attest, maintaining data security is a tough row to hoe -- even for large enterprises. It's even harder for small and medium-sized businesses, which don't have the money or IT resources their larger counterparts have. The plethora of threats is daunting, and new forms of attack have made the situation worse for SMBs. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Richard Adhikari   Am Pt

16. Pinning Down Enterprise Data Security in the Cloud

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (May 18 2009) Consumer , Corporate

    As a growing number of enterprises transition to cloud computing, the use of the term "cloud" becomes more appropriate by the day. Just as natural clouds foreshadow weather events ranging from calm to stormy, cloud computing presents enterprise security professionals with a host of difficult challenges. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rob Douglas   Texas

17. PCI in the Age of Heartland

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (May 14 2009) Consumer , Corporate , Data Breach

    In March, Visa announced that it was removing Heartland and RBS WorldPay, two credit card processors that had experienced major data breaches in the prior months, from its list of PCI-compliant companies. The action is seen by many in the industry as being mainly for show, but the removal of the processors brings attention to the very real limits of PCI as a data protection standard. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mastercard   RBS WorldPay

18. Public Ransom Demand Distinguishes Va. Breach in a Data-at-Risk World

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (May 9 2009) Consumer , Data Breach

    A hacker -- or a group of hackers -- is attempting to hold hostage some 8 million records purportedly acquired from the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program, according to ransom note posted to the program's Web site on April 30. Few statements have been released by Virginia state authorities, other than ID theft warnings. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mandeep Khera   Rob Douglas   Virginia

19. The Flourishing Fraud Economy

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Apr 18 2009) Consumer , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    One economy apparently isn't hurting these days -- the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet. Demand and prices remain stable for stolen credit cards, Social Security numbers and other private information, according to a new study by security software maker Symantec. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Symantec   Peter Tippett   Avivah Litan

20. Scammers Swarm: Tax Time Is Open Season for Phishers

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Apr 8 2009) Consumer , Data Breach

    It's tax time again, and the online scammers are crawling out of the woodwork. Their goals are to intercept personal information about taxpayers nationwide, and in some ways, they may be benefiting from the IRS' push for people to electronically file their returns. Some scammers are "phishing" taxpayers by sending emails that claim to be from the IRS. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   TurboTax   Treasury   Obama

21. Merger Madness: Love Is in the Air

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Mar 21 2009) Consumer

    Comment "Scroll down to brief update on charges that Google exposed sensitive information" - Derek Beckwith

    Cisco isn't content to just sell products for the deepest, darkest innards of the data center. It's also got its eye on consumer technology. It already has Linksys, which sells stuff like home network routers, and Scientific Atlanta, which does set-top boxes. Soon it will add Pure Digital Technologies, the company that makes the Web-friendly Flip Video camera. (Read Full Article)
    

    1 Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Google   Cisco

22. EPIC Threatens to Burst Google's Cloud

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Mar 18 2009) Consumer , Data Breach

    Privacy rights organization EPIC, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, has asked the Federal Trade Commission to see if Google is misleading consumers. This follows a breach in Google Docs on March 7, which was caused by a software bug that led users to inadvertently share some of their files with others. Google has since fixed the bug. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Marc Rotenberg   Federal Trade Commission

23. The Cloud's Emerging SLA Ecosystem

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Mar 10 2009) Consumer

    It's been four months since Google announced it would guarantee 99.9 percent system accessibility for users of its Google Apps Premier Edition -- a cloud-based productivity suite of business-oriented messaging and collaboration apps, including integration capabilities and support. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Amazon   Hipaa

24. IBM and HP: Not the Competitors People Think

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Mar 3 2009) Consumer , Corporate

    Industries thrive on competition. The IT industry is a prime example. IT hosts numerous bloody competitions ranging from product-by-product throwdowns, to broader vendor vs. vendor cage matches. Generally, such comparisons -- especially at the product level -- make eminent sense. But often, comparisons at the company level continue long after they should have gracefully retired. (Read Full Article)
    

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