In this perfect world we live in, businesses, governments, and other organizations are all honest and get cybersecurity right. They have all the...
Mar 4, 2019 l Data Security, Data Protection, Data Privacy
What's the Point of a "National Consumer Protection Week"?
It’s now been half a year since GDPR came into force (officially on May 25, 2018) – so it begs the question – what has been the impact?
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 Security, 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...