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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

States’ Safe Harbor Defense For Data Security Breaches Signals Possible Trend

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We are now seeing a potential trend where states are incentivizing companies through the creation of safe harbors to improve their cybersecurity posture, instead of penalizing them after a breach of personal information. Utah...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Utah Gets A New Data Breach Defense Law

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Keypoint: New Utah law creates incentive for businesses to develop and implement a written cybersecurity program to protect themselves against data breach lawsuits. On March 11, 2021, Utah governor Spencer Cox signed the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Best Practices: Remote Working Cybersecurity Safeguards For The Payments Industry

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COVID-19 has caused more employees to work remotely or at home, presenting cybersecurity challenges to organizations in the payments industry. PCI Security Standards Council has issued best practices to secure and protect...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Does the Schrems Decision Open the Door to New Cyber Insurance Exclusions?

The shockwaves continue from the October 6, 2015 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the European Union’s highest court, invalidating the U.S.-EU “Safe Harbor” data transfer regime in a controversy...more

King & Spalding

PCI Security Standards Council Issues “How-To” Guide For Responding To A Data Breach

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On September 29, 2015, the PCI Security Standards Council (“PCI SSC”) issued a press release and accompanying guidance to businesses for incident response management in the event of a data breach. PCI SSC is a global forum...more

BakerHostetler

New PCI Guidance Provides Businesses With Security Incident Response Assistance

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A security event involving payment card data, especially card present data, can be one of the most costly events a company may face. Not only did a recent study report the average total cost of a data breach as $3.8 million,...more

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New Guidance for Merchants on Ensuring that Service Providers Share Security Responsibility

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For merchants, long gone are the days of using a card reader with a dial-up connection to their payment processor. Today’s omni-channel retailers rely on multiple third party service providers to complete payment card...more

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PCI Council Issues Biz Tips to Reduce 3rd Party Security Risk

On August 7, 2014 the PCI Security Standards Council issued new guidance to supplement PCI DSS Requirement 3.0 and help organizations reduce the risks associated with entrusting third-party service providers (“TPSPs”) with...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

PCI DSS 3.0: Business as Usual?

In the past, critics of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) have alleged that the DSS requirements either (1) provide little more than a minimal baseline for security with a “check-the-box” compliance...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

PCI Data Security Standards Council to Release New Version of PCI DSS

In August 2013, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council released Highlights of new versions of the Data Security Standard (DSS) and Payment-Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS). The Council is...more

BakerHostetler

Do Merchants That Outsource Payment Processing Still Have Risk From a Breach?

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Last week a small New England bakery announced that its point-of-sale (POS) devices were infected with malware that may have put card data at risk....more

Perkins Coie

The Retail Point Of Sale Goes Mobile

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Mobile point-of-sale payment terminals have experienced explosive growth over the past year. Unlike a traditional point-of-sale terminal, a mobile terminal communicates wirelessly when processing payment cards. There are...more

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