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Visa Clarifies Merchants Have EMV Debit Routing Options

What Are the Implications for Chip-and-PIN?

Tracy Kitten • November 22, 2016

After complaints from merchants and an update from the Fed, Visa has modified debit routing rules, noting that merchants can route U.S. EMV debit transactions through any of more than a dozen available networks, and not just Visa's. The move could have implications for chip-and-PIN use.

State Department Official Who Backs Russian Cyber Engagement Leaving

Christopher Painter Departs at Month's End as First U.S. Cyber Diplomat

Eric Chabrow • July 19, 2017

Christopher Painter, who has advocated for diplomatic engagement with cyber friends and foes alike, is leaving his post as coordinator of cyber issues at the State Department, a job he has held since early 2011.

UK Beefs Up Hospital Cybersecurity Funding

But Will U.S. Inadvertently Trim Potential Security Investments?

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • July 19, 2017

While the U.K. is beefing up funding for hospital cybersecurity, in the U.S., some Congressional leaders are pushing for moves that could have the unintended consequence of sapping security investments by some healthcare providers.

Kaspersky Lab Debate: Put Up or Shut Up

Show Your Cards, or Fold, Cybersecurity Professionals Tell FBI

Mathew J. Schwartz • September 20, 2017

Information security professionals to the U.S. government: Please put up or shut up over Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, by either showing evidence that others can independently judge, or else dropping your vague insinuations.

Latest Equifax Bungle: Predictable Credit Freeze PINs

Changing the PIN Will Cost $5-$10 and Is Done by Postal Mail

Jeremy Kirk • September 11, 2017

A 10-digit PIN used by consumers to freeze access to credit reports with Equifax is based on dates and times, several observers have noticed. Equifax says it plans to change how the PIN is generated, but experts say it's another troubling development for a troubled company.

Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Be Judged by the Action It Inspires

The actors behind WannaCry couldn't have timed their actions more ironically.

Tony Kontzer • July 20, 2017