Instead of informing the public about a data theft that took place in 2016, Uber paid hush money to the hackers to destroy the data in an alleged...
Sep 28, 2018 l Data Protection, Data Privacy, Data Breach, Uber
Uber to Pay Record Settlement for Failure to Disclose Data Breach
Sep 28, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance, Data-Centric Security, Regulations, Cybercrime
Cybercrime Doesn't Follow Regulations - Part III: What's Next?
In the past two blog posts we looked at regulations, the history of hacking, and cybercrime today.
Sep 18, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Security, Data Protection, Compliance
Cybercrime doesn't Follow Regulations - Part II: the Evolution of Hacking
There is a basic question we want to answer in this series: Is it really true that “compliance isn’t security”?
We started with lessons from the...
Sep 13, 2018 l Data Security, Data Protection, Breach
Hundreds of Thousands of British Airways Customers Affected in Massive Data Breach
We all book flights online. Usually, that is nothing you have to worry about. But recently, hackers have stolen sensitive customer data from...
Sep 7, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Security, Data Protection, Compliance
Cybercrime doesn't Follow Regulations - Part I: Lessons from the Past
"Compliance isn't security - even if you're compliant, you aren't necessarily secure".
I recently heard this quote at an event for the payments...
Jul 25, 2018 l Tokenization, GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Security, Data Protection, News
Mercury Processing Services International Chooses comforte AG for Enterprise Data Security
As a leading regional service provider in payments industry, Mercury Processing Services International (MPSI) appreciates the importance of a...
Jun 15, 2018 l GDPR, Data Protection, Data Privacy, Compliance
4 Reasons why GDPR is an Opportunity and not a Threat
The threats associated with the GDPR are obvious, but could the GDPR be regarded as an opportunity?
Imagine a storage space in your home, be it a...
Jun 14, 2018 l Tokenization, GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Security, Data Protection, Data Privacy, Pseudonymisation
7 ways PCI DSS and GDPR overlap
How to kill two regulatory burdens with one stone
Becoming GDPR compliant can seem like a daunting task. So daunting in fact that some firms...
May 14, 2018 l Tokenization, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, Data Security, Data Protection, Pseudonymisation
Don't be a dodo, secure your data!
If I was writing this in the early 2000s, I would have started with the line “open any newspaper and the headline will be screaming about…” but...