In August, New York State signed into law the SHIELD Act or the “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security” Act. This is an enhancement to New York States previous law and has several keys points that anyone doing business in New York should take note of. This...
According to a recent FBI study, the weak link in security is us! (People) Specifically, people who click on things they should not or give out information they should not. Cyber Criminals have put a high emphasis on targeting the human element of...
Hackers WANT your credit card data. They WANT your customer’s credit card data. They will try hard to get it. They will NOT stop. These are unfortunate truths. In 2006, MasterCard, Visa, JCB, American Express, and Discover established the PCI Security Standards Council,...
Businesses have a responsibility to protect “private” information that belong to employees and customers. Social security numbers, credit card numbers, and health information are among the information that falls under these legal protections. If you are storing this type of information and your...