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Detecting and Preventing Card-Not-Present (CNP) Fraud Card-not-present fraud (or CNP fraud) is an ongoing threat to all businesses, with Juniper Research recently predicting a projected $130 billion financial loss for businesses by 2023 as a result of this fraud type. CNP fraud presents potential risks to business revenue, but it ... Read More

Data breaches are not a new phenomenon - but the prevalence of new technology and criminal attacks means the actual cost of a data breach could be soaring for organizations. In this article, we’ll look at common targets of these breaches, the effects this can have on companies in these ... Read More

What is Data Tokenization? Tokenization is a data security feature where a sensitive data element or set is effectively replaced with a non-sensitive alternative, called a token. This renders the data completely useless to exploitation. Tokenization can be used to safeguard data in a number of areas such as medical ... Read More

What You Will Learn in this Article: What is PCI Compliance? How to become PCI Compliant 12 Key requirements for PCI Compliance What are the benefits of PCI Compliance? What happens if I'm not PCI Compliant? The state of PCI DSS Compliance PCI DSS Compliance FAQ's P2PE FAQ's ........................................................ What ... Read More

Think about this - every day, how many times do you log in to a website or smartphone app? The number of usernames and passwords we have at our disposal is growing by the day - and hackers and criminals aim to have them at their disposal too, leading many ... Read More

With the average cost of a data breach increasing year-over-year, combined with the potential for reputational and brand damage as a result of data theft, it has never been more important to secure the cardholder data of your customers. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) ensures that ... Read More

There’s little doubt that data breaches are an increasing threat for businesses and consumers. We often hear about a major data breach which leaves the personal information (such as credit card numbers, phone numbers or social security numbers) of millions of consumers exposed and vulnerable. According to a report from ... Read More

What Big Business Decision Makers Need to Know Security Intelligence recently reported that in 2018, the average cost of an enterprise data breach had officially surpassed $1 million, now growing to $1.23 million. These breaches are occurring more frequently, but thankfully, there are helpful data protection tips that help to ... Read More

Cyber security threats are continuously on the rise. The rising tide of cyber crime has pushed spending on information security, a subset of cyber security, to more than $86.4 billion in 2017 according to Gartner. By 2021, cyber attack damage costs will hit $6 trillion annually, up from $3 trillion ... Read More

What are mobile payments? The term ‘mobile payments’ refers simply to all payments that are made using your mobile device. Mobile payments include the use of mobile wallets and mobile money transfers. There are two types of mobile payments: online or in-app purchases, and using a POS terminal in a ... Read More