In December 2012, the DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal published an article, “Private Ordering in Light of the Law: Achieving Consumer Protection through Payment Card Security Measures.”  The article […]

On January 7th, Europol published its “Situation Report: Payment Card Fraud 2012,” which includes certain findings of particular significance to the hospitality industry in the United States, including: The Report […]

Thanks to those who attended. Today we discussed how in order to develop a Learning Strategy we must provide situational awareness research which we call a Current State Assessment. At […]

This year, if you attend any of the signature events that draw crowds made up of our hospitality technology-focused brethren such as the Hospitality Technology Expo in London, the International […]

Global Payments is one of the world’s largest electronic transaction processing companies.  In March 2012, Global Payments acknowledged that a breach had compromised its payment network, exposing 1.5 million or […]

On December 26, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report to Congress describing steps that the FTC has taken in connection with payment card industry compliance with the […]

On November 28th, the PCI Standards Security Council (SSC) announced the results of the PCI Council election for areas of study for the Special Interest Groups (SIGS), which leverages the […]

On November 28th, SecurityMetrics published its second annual Payment Card Threat Report.   The report identified the hospitality industry as one of the most targeted by cybercriminals in order to […]

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reportedly settled the lawsuit filed against him by a Sofitel Hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually assaulting her in his hotel room.  The […]

On November 16, 2012, the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) released a “PCI DSS Risk Assessment Guidelines Information Supplement.”  The hospitality industry should use the document to help identify threats […]