Fringe: "Top 5 Data Breach Causes"

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/18/2039221

"In a key step to help businesses better understand and protect
themselves against the risks of fraud, Visa USA and the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce announced the five leading causes of data breaches and offered 
specific prevention strategies. The report states that the most common 
cause of data compromise is a merchant's or a service provider's encoding 
of sensitive information on the card's magnetic stripe in violation of the 
PCI Data Security Standard. The other four are related to IT security, 
which can be improved simply by following common-sense guidelines." Here 
is the report on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce site (PDF). "

http://www.uschamber.com/NR/rdonlyres/eyzkc6zyokejn5n64o7vpmgvqxyd7dodczr=
puc5tpqzoinz5gq7mpy3puuct43h6cgtr4kf3hmpx6hugw5kiktflzyh/top_5_alert.pdf

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