As news of the Global Payments Inc. data breach spread, impacted organizations, including the major payment card brands, released statements about the incident. Following are the latest news releases.
In its second formal statement about its data breach, payments processor Global Payments Inc. says this incident is confined to North America and involves fewer than 1.5 million payment cards.
"We are making significant progress in defining and rectifying the event," says Paul R. Garcia, CEO of Global Payments Inc., discussing the breach he says may have exposed 1.5 million payment cards.
"If they can do it against RSA, that makes most of the other companies vulnerable," says Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the military's Cyber Command commander and National Security Agency director.
Payments processing firm Global Payments Inc. has confirmed its role in a data breach that could prove to be the largest such incident since the Heartland Payment Systems breach.
The Global Payments Inc. breach could be one of the four largest card-related incidents in recent years. Here's a look at three other major payment card breaches.
New government guidance on privacy and security for federally funded health information exchanges is an important interim step until a formal regulation is implemented.
As the use of mobile devices explodes and health information exchanges gear up, it's time to consider whether adequate privacy and security measures are in place.
The White House Office of Management and Budget, in its yearly Federal Information Security Management Act report to Congress, gives departments and agencies mixed grades in their efforts to secure federal IT for fiscal year 2011.
The news that BlueCross and BlueShield of Tennessee paid a $1.5 million penalty following a massive breach incident could signal the start of a new era of enforcement.
Earlier this month, I had the chance to attend RSA Conference 2012, which always reminds me how fluid our industry is, and how important it is to stay educated and abreast of change.
Some organizations proudly tout their privacy protection policies. Others, such as The Everett Clinic in Washington state, actually enforce their policies with bold action.
Cybersecurity Act sponsors intensify their campaign to enact the legislation that would change the way the government protects critical federal and private-sector IT networks as a group of key Republican senators offers an alternative bill.
The rapid adoption of electronic health records at physicians' offices, which are making the transition from paper to digitized records in the blink of any eye, means ensuring the security of that information is a major challenge.
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