by Bob | Jul 5, 2016 | Views
We recently attended a seminar in London that included a sobering presentation by Mike Haley, the Deputy Chief Executive of CIFAS – the Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance System. CIFAS reported that the number of victims of identity theft rose by 57% last year – from...
by Bob | Jun 21, 2016 | Views
My old mother had a phrase that she would use if I ever did anything particularly stupid; which was perhaps more frequently than I remember. The phrase was ‘God loves a tryer’, and while it was evident from my lack of success in many foolhardy ventures...
by Bob | May 25, 2016 | Views
We’ve written in the past about data breaches, where customers’ card details are stolen, and while the press tend to dwell on the ongoing risks to customers as a result of their data being compromised, it’s rare for the subsequent exploitation of data breaches to make...
by Bob | May 9, 2016 | Views
The UK Government yesterday published some worrying new statistics about the state of cybercrime affecting British business. The headline – which the BBC reported on the breakfast news – was that “Two thirds of large UK businesses hit by cyber breach...
by Bob | Apr 28, 2016 | Views
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard – PCI DSS – is fundamental to much of the work we undertake with clients. First published in December 2004 in the wake of the Enron scandal, PCI DSS consolidated the security standards being enforced...
