Did you catch the front page article in Friday's WSJ on the TJX wireless security debacle that led to the largest heist of consumer credit card data ever? The $17.4-billion retailer's wireless network had less security than many people have on their home...
This letter to the Wichita Eagle, in Kansas (a follow up to their article on BOC here) demonstrates how at least one consumer views POP as more secure than BOC. The consumer's rationale is that if the paper check is returned to them the merchant isn't...
For those of you that still rely on spreadsheets - and there are more of you than care to admit it, I know - CFO Magazine has a round up of spreadsheet auditing tools here.
The Association of Financial Professionals new Payments Fraud Survey finds that corporate payments fraud is on the rise. Seventy-two percent of corporations experienced fraud (or attempted fraud) in 2006, up from 68% in 2005. Thirty-nine percent of organizations...
Jim Bruene, at NetBanker, expresses his frustration that the Freakonomics duo offered little new insight on Identity Theft. I too, was underwhelmed by the recent NYTimes article (see my post here) but did not express my frustration as eloquently as Jim. Read his post...
Heads up! The Freakonomics duo - Stephen J Dubner and Steven D. Levitt - will be exploring Identity Theft in their New York Times Magazine column this coming Sunday, March 11th. In the meantime, their blog has links to their research sources, including the TowerGroup...
