The latest version of the payment security industry's data safeguarding standard should also include mandates and guidance around risk management, penetration testing and mobile.
Facebook has released its first-ever transparency report, a document breaking down the number of worldwide government requests for data on users. Not surprisingly, the U.S. is far and away the leader.
The council released a highlight of potential new requirements and guidance to the PCI Data Security Standard and Payment Application Data Security Standard, both due out in November.
A federal member of Parliament supports Britain's plan to legislate opt-in permission to view pornographic websites, and said she would like to see a similar program in Canada.
While maintaining that his company's Glass product is still in its developmental stage, Google's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, has assured four of Canada's privacy commissioners that the concerns they and others expressed are unfounded.
To effectively mitigate mobile risk, organizations should employ the same content security capabilities, and ideally leverage the same content policies and rules in mobile environments.
The tentative list of incentives would entice companies to participate in the "Cyber Security Framework," a measure that aims to help the nation stave off industrial attacks.
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