News & Media From Brad Cyprus
PCI 3.0 – A wake-up call for SAQ C merchants
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
It is our concern that merchants have not been properly educated about these changes, and it will be a rude awakening when they discover that they are required…
read nowAbout the PCI Standards Council
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
The Council’s five founding global payment brands have agreed to incorporate the PCI DSS as the technical requirements of each of their data security…
read nowWhy comply with PCI security standards?
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
Why should you, as a merchant, comply with the PCI Security Standards? At first glance, especially if you are a smaller organization, it may seem like a lot of…
read nowChristmas – Kids and hackers love this time of year
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
When people think of Christmas, most of them imagine family gatherings and good times. We often forget that from the end of Thanksgiving to the beginning of…
read nowDoes your call for help bring hackers to your door?
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
Hackers have targeted help desks because they know that the people who provide you support have the access into your systems that they want to exploit.
read nowSquare Cash – A money transfer game changer?
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
Square strives to make financial transactions simple enough so that the average person on the street can participate.
read nowInternet Explorer 8 – People still love it, but there's a problem
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
IE8 is old, but it is still the most used version of IE today; it is its popularity that makes it such an attractive target for hackers.
read nowDon't let hackers scare off your customers
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
When you think about electronic security, what comes to mind? Do you consider how vulnerable your customer credit cards are, or how easily someone can break…
read nowUniversal Plug n Play: New report on an old problem
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
Universal Plug and Play should not be enabled if you are concerned about security.
read nowPOS system hackers are caught and prosecuted
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
Subway has been the subject of intensive scrutiny and media attention since it came to light that its POS system was found to be vulnerable and that several…
read nowFeds charge a suspected major cyber thief
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
Everyone in retail can breathe a little easier today knowing that federal authorities have charged David Benjamin Schrooten, or as he is known in cyber space…
read nowHow many people does it take to process a credit card?
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
I know this sounds like the old joke about a light bulb or a chicken crossing the road, but the way some restaurants operate, the joke is on them. There are…
read nowCould your restaurant survive a 15% decrease in business?
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
The question we field more than any other when talking to small merchants is, “Who is making me become PCI compliant?” The answer is too complicated to simply…
read nowThe dangers of PCI tunnel vision
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) is an excellent set of security requirements with which all of the major Credit Card companies expect…
read nowPeople are getting exciting about mobile payments -- again
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
For the past four or five years, we have been hearing about the exciting new world of wireless payments. For the most part, the discussion has been centered…
read nowWhy credit card stystems will always be in scope
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
There is a growing trend in the retail industry for some merchants and technology providers to hope that someday the PCI standard will give guidance that says…
read nowWhat Visa's EMC annoucement means
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
Visa has shaken many U.S. businesses with its latest announcement declaring that it’s moving to EMV chip-based technology, which will replace the magnetic…
read nowMom-and-pop shops targeted by cyber thieves
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
A Wall Street Journal article, Hackers Shift Attacks to Small Firms, has many more people paying attention to security issues, and for those of us in the…
read nowIs your remote access PCI compliant?
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
When the PCI standard talks about remote access, it is referring to connecting to a computer when you are on another network. A typical example would be if you…
read nowSelf-assessment questionnaires are huge heres how to get started
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
In 2004, when PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) first came out, there was almost no guidance available. Jump ahead to today, and you can find…
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