Visa clamps down on high-end PCI DSS noncompliance | Top-tier merchants who are noncompliant by October 1 face higher fees and fines | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41867
SOX has cut fraud, SEC official insists | SEC devotes 24 percent of its caseload to financial fraud, down from nearly 30 percent from last year | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41868
Data thieves heist top secret UK police server | Thousands of mobile phone records from terrorist and Mob investigations vanish | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41869
Apple hit with class action suit for noncompliance with FCRA | Companies that reveal protected credit card information on printed receipts are in violation | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41870
TJX levies $118MM second-quarter charge resulting from its data breach | The cost stems from $11MM for data breach forensics and $107MM for potential liability | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41871
Regulation Watch
Federal agencies struggle to keep up with OMB security mandates | Latest OMB security memo sets September 21 deadline for data breach notification policies | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41872
NIST solicits public comments on three security-related documents | WiFi, Bluetooth, end-user storage encryption, and SSL VPN are covered | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41873
C-SOX looms for Canadian corporations | Studying the American experience makes compliance go smoother, experts say | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41874
DHS revamps Secure Flight passenger-screening program | Program overhaul bypasses airlines and takes direct control of the passenger list | http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=41875