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The Cost Of Not Baking In Security In At The Beginning

Wired is reporting a giant dark web scheme to sell counterfeit coupons costing the consumer packaged goods industry tens of millions of dollars.  The scam is simple because no one thought that anyone would try it.  So no one added any security into the coupon chain.  Later, they bolted on a blacklist, but that is easily […]

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Thoughts About Managing Vendors/Third Parties Who Can Impact Your Security

The IAPP published 10 part series on vendor management.  A vendor was the cause of both the Target and Home Depot breaches and as I wrote yesterday, a vendor cost USIS at least $2.5 billion in lost business.  How good is your vendor management program?  Here are a few tips from the series: You may […]

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Banks Fight Back Against Third Party Information Providers

Below is an interesting ad from the J.P. Morgan Chase home page: They go on to say that you could be responsible for any losses if you do.  They say don’t share your login password for Chase.com with third party sites that offer budgeting, managing and other services. In fact, the user agreement says this: […]

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