SC Magazine's Security Vertical Focus: Retail - January 7, 2009

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VeriSign switches to new hash function to secure SSL certs

Angela Moscaritolo January 05, 2009

The news comes after a serious weakness was revealed last week in the MD5 cryptographic hash function.

1.5 million individuals affected in RBS WorldPay breach

Angela Moscaritolo December 29, 2008

Hackers may have accessed more than a million Social Security numbers being stored by WorldPay, an electronic payment processing service.

Insurance trade says FTC order threatens consumer security

Dan Kaplan December 24, 2008

A leading trade association criticized the Federal Trade Commission this week for forcing nine insurance companies to hand over information about how they set credit-based insurance scores.

Implementing PCI-DSS: The top five issues to consider

John Linkous, IT governance, risk and compliance evangelist, eIQnetworks December 22, 2008

While it's true that the PCI standards are rigorous mandates, implementing, maintaining and achieving PCI compliance is not really rocket science.

FTC: Reduce data theft by regulating Social Security numbers

Chuck Miller December 18, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission says limiting the use of Social Security numbers will help diminish occurrences of identity theft.

The five myths of two-factor authentication

Kerry Loftus, vice president, Consumer Authentication Solutions, VeriSign December 15, 2008

Strong authentication has improved dramatically since its earliest days. And now more than ever, that comes as good news for consumers.