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[25 Nov 2009 | | ]
Another Interesting Lawsuit

This one has some significant implications for software security and the role & responsibility of technology vendors.  Here’s the link:
Radiant Systems and Computer World responsible for breach affecting restaurants – lawsuit
What’s most interesting to me in all of this is that fact that the restaurants seem to ‘get it’ - they understand the holistic impact of PCI on process, procedures, technology, etc. and, after being smacked around by the card brands for being the merchant where the breach occured, they have taken that holistic understanding and are working to hold …

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[4 Nov 2008 | | ]

Interesting article for Hospitality Technology.  It’s a pretty goodpiece on taking responsibility for the data that you collect and useand it’s got the right focus - your brand and the consumer.
Theonly thing that I would take a little bit of an issue with is theattitude of compliance being more than security.  I think this is theway that a lot of tech guys understand security - it’s locking down thenetwork, managing passwords, and encryption.  The definition of‘Security’ needs to be understood at the business level - securityisn’t just technical, it’s not …