TSA Breach is a Nightmare for Holiday Travel
Laura Wilson, JD, CISA
This week’s revelation that the Transportation Safety Administration exposed its rules for airport security screening online is outrageous. As holiday travel ramps up, the possibilities and repercussions are horrifying. Coupled with the huge rise in information security breaches across many sectors and rampant identity theft, the TSA’s breach sets the stage for potential disaster.
Massive TSA Security Breach Revealed
By BRIAN ROSS and MATT HOSFORD of ABC News
In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) inadvertently posted online its entire airport screening procedures manual, including some of the most closely guarded secrets regarding special rules for diplomats and CIA and law enforcement officers.
ISR News: US Banks Going Biometric
Excerpts From Finextra.com
A global survey conducted by Unisys last year found that 72% of US citizens would be willing to undergo fingerprint scans to verify their identities when dealing with banks and government organisations.
ISR News: FBI Raids Texas Data Centers
Excerpts From Blog.wired.com
The raids were part of an investigation prompted by complaints from AT&T and Verizon about unpaid bills allegedly owed by some data center customers, according to court records. One data center owner charges that the telecoms are using the FBI to collect debts that should be resolved in civil court. But on Tuesday, an FBI spokesman disputed that charge.
ISMG Launches GovInfoSecurity.com
Press Release From GovInfoSecurity.com
We have a new President, a new Administration, a new session of Congress … and a new national mission throughout government to secure personal data and protect our borders from cyber threats. Information security has never been more important to the federal government - or to all of us, as we conduct personal and professional business in this electronic world.
ISR News: PCI DSS verses Cybercrime
Excerpts From BankInfoSecurity.com
Yvette Clarke, D-NY, Chair of the Subcommittee, admonished the payments industry, saying “The payment card industry and issuing banks should be ashamed about the current state of play and doing everything possible to immediately institute improvements in infrastructure.”
Payment Card Industry Swallows Its Own Tail
By Anthony M. Freed, Information-Security-Resources.com Financial Editor
Anyone who has been following the cascade of security failures plaguing the payment card industry in the last year, and punctuated by the still-shrouded breaches at RBS WorldPay (RBS) and Heartland Payment systems (HPY), has to acknowledge that there are major problems with security that need to be addressed pronto. But the greatest threat to the survival of PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) may not be the ever-evolving tactics of the criminal hackers intent on a “big score,” but instead the dysfunctional nature of the relationships between the very parties the standards are meant to serve.
