http://www.silicon.com Results for card en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39674578,00.htm I clearly remember buying a PowerBook G4 for £2,200 in 2005, handing over the credit card to the reseller and hoping he'd hurry up before I changed my mind about spending such an insane amount of money on a computer. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39674576,00.htm The National Identity Register - the database behind the ID card scheme - contains more than 500 names after a month of operation. The National Identity Register underpins the ID card scheme A Home Office spokesperson said it contains the data of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39668396,00.htm The see-through display is a world first, according to Sony Ericsson, requiring battery, memory card and antenna to be miniaturised to fit inside the bottom portion of the device. Mobile maker Sony Ericsson has debuted another phone in its Xperia... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:56:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39668397,00.htm The Payment Card Industries Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), which any business taking credit or debit card payments should adhere to, recommends "auditing all privileged user activity" as well as avoiding the use of vendor-supplied defaults for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39661658,00.htm Still, there's not likely to be an enormous rush: Home Office figures show just 0.4 per cent of the population of Manchester - fewer than 2,000 of the city's 450,000 residents - have registered to get an application form for an ID card. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39635525,00.htm The Home Office announced today that people living or working in Manchester will now be able to enrol their details for an ID card from 30 November, with the first cards issued around 10 days after enrolment. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:47:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816458p,00.htm The Smart Card Alliance strongly recommends that smart card technology be adopted as the underlying infrastructure for state driver's licenses issued to comply with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 Smart cards have been proven to be the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816462p,00.htm Contactless smart chip technology, a form of proven smart card technology, is used increasingly in applications that must protect personal information or deliver fast, secure transactions. Leveraging many years of smart card security developments... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816460p,00.htm Both government and commercial organizations are implementing secure personal Identification (ID) systems to improve confidence in verifying the identity of individuals seeking access to physical or virtual locations. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813194p,00.htm Organizations of all sizes and in all industries are anxious to improve the process used to identify users to their networked systems. With the growing use of wired and wireless networks to access information resources and the increasing occurrence... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813195p,00.htm Protecting privacy means protecting individuals' rights to control how personal information is collected and promulgated Protecting privacy also includes protecting against identity theft or the use of an individual's personal information for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817419p,00.htm Consistent with the current government focus on enhancing consumer protection, the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act of 2009) brings sea changes to the credit card industry. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817651p,00.htm To address the need to improve payment card security, the card industry has created a set of global requirements called the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS). Basically, PCI is a set of 12 data-centric control objectives and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817847p,00.htm PricewaterhouseCoopers has developed a five-phase approach that enables PCI compliance through the identification and remediation of risk associated with payment card data. PricewaterhouseCoopers' approach uses the PCI DSS as a baseline controls... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817578p,00.htm The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) was created by credit card companies to protect customer information. Credit card organizations like Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, recommend that merchants and service providers... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817776p,00.htm Retailers that fail Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) audits can be fined up to $500,000. Additional penalties can range from increased audit requirements to retraction of credit card processing privileges. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817734p,00.htm The card/selector model gives rise to a new identity ecosystem of card providing sites (identity providers) and accepting sites (relying parties). The emergence of a long-awaited digital identity layer for the Internet means the evolution from an... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817394p,00.htm This white paper discusses PCI compliance and answers some of the common questions companies have about PCI audits. The PCI process can be confusing for companies preparing for their first audit. In years of experience helping companies meet the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817775p,00.htm This paper helps both merchants and QSAs by identifying where a specific product or family of products has the capability to satisfy or help to satisfy one or more of the individual PCI DSS requirements. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817416p,00.htm New and increasingly specific regulations and industry standards place pressure on enterprise organizations to safeguard data and prove compliance. Many of these regulations include requirements for ensuring privacy, integrity and confidentiality... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000