| Heartland breach raises questions about PCI standard's effectiveness While it's not yet known if Heartland Payment Systems' data breach will count as the largest card heist ever, some analysts say what is clear is that the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard isn't sufficient. Podcast: Heartland hit by massive data breach Heartland Payment Systems, a New Jersey based provider of credit and debit card processing services this week said unknown intruders planted malicious software to steal card data on as many as 100 million accounts sometime last year. Derek Manky, who leads the global threat research team at Fortinet, shares his take on what may be the biggest data fraud scheme of all time. (11:15) Cisco IPv6 support comes standard Few may know that Cisco IOS supports IPv6 features. Here's where to get information about this. Iron Mountain, Microsoft team for online backup Iron Mountain and Microsoft inked a deal last week to support organizations with System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) and back them up to Iron Mountain's CloudRecovery. Wall Street Crisis Forcing Closer Look At E-records The financial crisis on Wall Street has prompted numerous investigations into the lending practices of financial services firms, and they all have a similar focus: Who knew what, and when did they know it? E-discovery vendor revamps pricing model Kazeon Systems has rolled out a range of pricing plans for its e-discovery products, hoping to entice customers amid lean economic times. From fighting toxic chemicals to fixing cyber nfrastructure: The government’s top 10 trials and tribulations Watchdogs at the Government Accounting Office periodically assess the Fed’s most high-risk areas or areas that are prone to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement that can directly impact all of us. On the GAO hit list which was sent to the 111th Congress this week are all manner of issues from repairing the nation’s cyber infrastructure and keeping taxpayer information private to how to effectively move the IRS and financial regulatory systems into the future. Comply! Compliance with regulations is a bear, but there are tools to get you there. Our revamped Product Guide can help you sort through them all. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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