Encryption & Key Management , Information Sharing , ISMG Security Report
Thwarting Attempts to Defeat Encryption in POS Devices
Audio Report: ISMG Editors Analyze the Latest DevelopmentsThe latest edition of the ISMG Security Report leads off with BankInfoSecurity Executive Editor Tracy Kitten analyzing the PCI Security Standards Council's new requirements that are designed to help thwart attempts to defeat encryption in point-of-sale devices.
Also in the report, you'll hear:
- ISMG Managing Editor Jeremy Kirk explain how an attempt to make valuable data sets available to the public while trying to preserve privacy can go awry; and
- Comments from U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on the need to create a less adversarial culture between federal regulators and regulated companies and to encourage the sharing of cyber threat information, plus reactions to her ideas.
The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Tuesdays and Fridays. Be sure to check out our Sept. 30 and Oct. 4 reports, which respectively analyze why cybercrime is on the rise and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's cybersecurity platform. The next ISMG Security Report will be posted on Monday, Oct. 10.
Theme music for the ISMG Security Report is by Ithaca Audio under the Creative Commons license.