Sunday, November 4th, 2007

PCI Grows Teeth

The rumors about my death have been greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain. I guess I’m a burst-blogger, at least for as long I’m also the CTO of a growing start-up.
The credit card companies started to make good on their threats and levy hefty fines like this one issued against TJX and its banks. This [...]

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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

So what really happened at TJX?

What better way to start a blog about database security than to discuss what is possibly the biggest data breach ever?
It now seems that several banks are suing TJX over claimed losses of tens of millions of dollars - so negligence in data protection carries a cash penalty, not just nebulous damage to reputation. Gross [...]

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