New England bankers sue TJX for breach

Three state-wide bankers associations -- Massachusetts', Maine's and Connecticut's -- announced on Tuesday that they had filed a class action lawsuit against retail giant TJX Companies for damages caused by a series of computer breaches that exposed 45.6 million credit-card accounts.

"If we are successful against TJX, the nation's major retailers will finally wake up to the fact that not protecting consumer data is an unfair trade practice and that investment in data management systems to protect consumers and shield consumers against fraud and identity theft is required," Daniel Forte, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, said in a statement.

RSA moving away from single sign-on

RSA moving away from Single sign-on
"The US-based vendor earlier this week announced plans to offload maintenance licensing and support for its enterprise single sign-on product to PassLogix, a New York-based authentication and identity/access management vendor."

Infosecurity: Security breaches biggest worry, says stud

This survey shows that 39 per cent of the IT professionals questioned, are currently acting on the need for PCI compliance and half believe compliance ...

74 Percent of Security Executives Concerned about brand reputation

LONDON --(Business Wire)-- Qualys, Inc., the leading provider of on demand security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that 74 percent of European senior security executives see the impact of payment card loss on brand reputation as their biggest concern.