A group of technology providers have created a new protocol designed to streamline encryption and key management systems across an enterprise. The companies, including IBM, Seagate and RSA, on Thursday announced the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KIMP) and plan to submit it to nonprofit OASIS, which drives the development of security standards. KIMP seeks to increase encryption adoption, while helping organizations reduce costs and risks. — DK
One week after Heartland Payment Systems disclosed that its systems had been breached, a class-action lawsuit against the payment processor was filed in a New Jersey federal court.
When hackers broke into Heartland Payment System's networks to steal potentially tens of millions of credit card numbers, the company thought it was prepared.
NIST this month released draft recommendations that federal agencies -- and their contractors -- should follow to protect the confidentially of personally identifiable information.
Just to be clear, this post is not about political agenda. It is about document metadata. President Elect Obama released his official photo; the first of a president taken with a Digital camera. The photographer is the new official White House photographer, Pete Souza. Take a look here. As a photography hobbyist, I’ve got to […]
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