The U.K. wants to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) adhere to the new European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The...
Only you can prevent forest fires. And, as the KRACK WiFi vulnerability perhaps demonstrated, only you can prevent hackers from worming their...
Of all the sensitive personal data consumers and businesses would rather not see compromised, financial data is surely toward the top of...
Facing a world where data aggregation has become increasingly complex and dangerous, the CFPB has released a series of non-binding principles that...
Each event in life is made up of smaller decisions and actions, all combined in moving parts to make a cohesive whole....
Following the Equifax data breach, biometrics and data security have come under increased scrutiny as more companies and consumers consider their security-enhancing...
How secure do you feel when it comes to payments? Perception is not always reality, but it does matter. Consider a survey commissioned...
What to do in the wake of the Equifax data breach: Run? Hide? Freeze credit? That’s just on the consumer side, and none of...
The research is clear: Just because a business is small does not mean it survives undetected from a cyberattack. In fact, some...
It seems like smartphones have been in our lives forever. With the amount of time people spend on these tiny screens, it’s...
As long as there is an open window, a robber will always find a way to get inside the home to take...
The Apple Watch has been jail-broken, and the researcher who broke the code believes the technique could offer a critical back door...
In today’’s fast-moving, tech-infused retail arena, one of retailers’ top vulnerabilities centers around their ability to data security. As such, it should...
The conspiracy theorists may be right this time: Cybercriminals could use the Amazon Echo to spy on them. A British security researcher...
Most of the drama this week was in Washington. The healthcare debate turned into something that was one aria short of a...
Come next year, FIs will need to share consumer data with FinTechs and merchants courtesy of PSD2. In the latest PYMNTS Digital...
Protecting digital identities is all about keeping up — keeping up with new technology, new regulations and, of course, bad actors. The...
Earlier this year, a report from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International found that cybersecurity incidents affecting a bank’s online banking services cost...
Hitting the ground running with the next big thing in services or products or payments can be a thrill, but for startups...
Digital security may just be a pipe dream that society will always be chasing. With each new digitally infused product or service that...
The more connected devices consumers have, the more concerned they are about the security of their financial information. That’s according to the...
Over the past 11 months, Brooks Brothers’ customers at various brick-and-mortar locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico had their payment card information...
As companies expand and interact with an ever-widening web of vendors, third-party risk deepens as data is shared and, potentially, exposed. In...
Corporate expense management and supplier invoice processing company Chrome River has made a move to adhere to Canadian data hosting rules. The...
Battling fraud is not a battle that should be fought single-handedly. CA Technologies is debuting a consortium-driven, real-time behavioral analytics model that...
New research coming from Dell sounds the alarm on unsafe practices within the enterprise. Reports this week said Dell released its End-User...
While there aren’t many good things one can say about cybercriminals and the chaos they’ve created, in at least one sense you...
A new report from Trend Micro Incorporated has identified cyber espionage as the number one threat to global companies. The latest research,...
While credit unions and banks are tasked with protecting payment information, small businesses should also be playing their part in that cybersecurity...
This week’s data digest is all about, well, data. The latest report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and CyberScout finds...
Cybersecurity firm WISeKey India revealed it surpassed expectations when it opened up its first seed round of funding, securing $1.3 million in...
As payroll joins the high-tech stratosphere populated by other business processes, corporations are beginning to shift their approaches to this area. Businesses...
For some businesses, cybersecurity may be an abstract threat. Business owners may think “it won’t happen to me,” or they may be...
Enterprise security startups are hot with venture capitalists lately, and Druva just scored the latest round of funding. The startup announced a...
In the latest salvo in the battle between consumer privacy and the government’s right to data as evidence in criminal cases, Microsoft...
As Wells Fargo continues to push its way deeper into the SME market, the bank has just announced a collaboration with global...
A Republican lawmaker is calling for IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to step down. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) is putting pressure on the head...
The global technical body that facilitates the worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions has upgraded its specs. In a press...
When it comes to IoT, the possibilities seem endless, along with the security issues. In PYMNTS’ March Internet of Things Tracker, sponsored...
When it comes to IoT, the possibilities seem endless, along with the security issues. In PYMNTS’ March Internet of Things Tracker, sponsored...
The Apple v. DOJ battle has made encryption a household word. But what’s the right conversation to be having about keeping consumer...
Sage Pay is taking its partnership with a voice services company to a more secure level. In a press release shared by...
While requiring users to update their passwords has been a longstanding data security practice, FTC Chief Technologist Lorrie Cranor suggests that new...
Payment processor Heartland Payment Systems announced Wednesday (Feb. 17) that it has joined forces with the Smart Card Alliance to launch the...
The growth of mobile payment acceptance is driving adoption, but it is, at the same time, creating a data security vacuum in the...
While government agencies continue to push for backdoor access to encrypted information systems, a recent survey showed 63 percent of IT professionals...
Security researchers investigating the software coding vulnerability that hit Juniper Networks two weeks ago are now warning against the threat of encryption...
When it comes to their access to customer data, some retailers’ mobile apps might have landed on Santa’s naughty list this year....
The Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205) took one step closer to becoming reality on Wednesday (Dec. 9) after it was...
During talks in Washington, D.C., this week U.S. and Chinese officials have reached an agreement on the guidelines each country will follow...