Profile of Larry Greenemeier

Blog Posts: 15

Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports

8/2/2007
Even if someone is the victim of identity theft, it's difficult to figure out how that person's sensitive personal information fell into the wrong hands, GAO says.

Stolen Data From T.J. Maxx Parent Company Surfaces In Florida Wal-Mart Fraud

3/21/2007
Thieves used the stolen customer data to create dummy credit cards for purchasing Wal-Mart and Sam's Club gift cards, and then used those to hit stores in 50 of Florida's 67 counties.

Visa Chief: Customer Data Theft Neither Random Nor Unavoidable

3/8/2007
Visa USA president and CEO John Philip Coghlan insists that technology is the solution to combating fraud -- not the cause of it.

Centralized Identity Management Can Help Curb The Insider Threat

3/5/2007
More than 64% of the 627 IT pros surveyed by Ponemon say their companies use identity and access management technology, but few respondents have centralized systems.

Massachusetts Bill Would Make Businesses Pay For Poor Data Security

2/22/2007
Slipups like the ones at T.J. Maxx and Stop & Shop stores could force companies to pay to cancel or reissue cards, stop payments or block transactions, if the legislation passes.

TJX Stored Customer Data, Violated Visa Payment Rules

1/29/2007
The company held on too long to cardholder data such as card number, expiration date, and the card verification value, according to the creditor's alert.

New E-Discovery Rules Take Effect

12/1/2006
You have to know what information your company is storing and where it's located. And if you think it's going to be too difficult or expensive to find court-requested data, you'll need to prove it.

Software To The Rescue For SOX And HIPAA

10/20/2006
Still, technology is no substitute for knowledge for keeping in compliance with government regulations.

International Citibank Customers Shaken By Data Breach

3/8/2006
Bank halts PIN-based transactions in three countries after customer data is compromised at a third-party company.

Data Security Deluge

2/3/2006
The popularity of security-management software rises as more vendors enter the market and prices fall

ID Management For The Masses

2/3/2006
BMC adds .Net support, giving small and midsize companies better automated controls

Banks And Businesses Benefit As Authentication Providers Duke It Out

1/26/2006
Companies are turning to authentication vendors RSA Security and Vasco Data Security to help stem online crime using authentication technology.

Banks and Businesses Getting Tools To Beef Up Online Authentication

11/8/2005
The Liberty Alliance is developing standards for online authentication, vendor Entrust upgraded its software, and industry associations downplay the risks while saying they must be taken seriously.

Open Source Goes Corporate

9/23/2005
Financial firms including ABN Amro, E*Trade and Fidelity Investments are among the big businesses opening their doors to the Linux software stack.

Visa's Take on Open Source

7/8/2005
'Licensing is the one Gotcha in all of this,' Visa's Garrison says.