Lorenzo's Security Blog

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined brokerage firm Davidson & Co. $375,000 over a 2007 data breach in an action that highlights the growing attention regulators are paying to the controls companies have in place for protecting customer data. Image via Wikipedia   The breach resulted in the exposure of customer names, account [...]

Cloud computing, the ubiquity of mobile devices and the necessity of sharing real-time business information with Image via Wikipedia multiple partners, business units and customers has created gaping security holes in enterprise IP networks, according to a new study by IT research firm Yankee Group. In its whitepaper titled “IP Network Configuration and Vulnerabilities: What [...]

Saturday, June 20, 2009 Nevada Mandates PCI Standard Nevada has recently passed a law mandating PCI compliance for companies accepting payment cards that do business in the state. It is scheduled to go into effect on January 1st, 2010. Image by Getty Images via Daylife This makes Nevada the very first state to actually mandate [...]