Wednesday, 08 October 2025

In this article by Phil Lieberman, CEO of Lieberman Software Corporation, common security mistakes and recent attacks on retailers are discussed.

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We do regular CIO/CISO briefings all over the world and one of the common refrains from C-level execs working at retailers is that they have little interest or motivation for fixing the problems that nailed Target. Part of the lack of motivation is due to the naivety and gross incompetence of their auditors, followed by a lack of financial resources being provided by the CEO and CFO.

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Commenting on the news over the weekend that Barclays suffered a major security breach, Tim 'TK' Keanini, CTO at Lancope, said:

"The most frightening statement in this news report is “It is not clear how the records were stolen”. We cannot continue in this manner; for it is not the fact that they were breached, but the fact that they don’t know how they were breached that should be cause for alarm.

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As the world’s first international standard for business continuity management, the ISO 22301 has been developed to ensure that organisations are able to anticipate their clients’, suppliers’ and partners’ abilities to manage the unexpected. Organisations who are awarded the standard understand and prioritise the threats to their business, and are therefore able to minimise the risk of disruption to their stakeholders in the event of an incident. When customers choose a product or service provider, an ISO accreditation is business shorthand for reliability.

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  1. Imperva acquires Tomium Software assets to accelerate mainframe data security solutions
  2. Connected Business Expo announces dynamic keynote line-up for March 2014 event
  3. Are your assets exposed or covered in the cloud?
  4. Imperva to acquire incapsula and skyfence
  5. Microsoft says collaborative threat sharing can kill malware
  6. Zynstra collaborates with Microsoft and HP to bring hybrid cloud to SMBs
  7. Thales ensures your crypto systems can be trusted at RSA Conference 2014
  8. GFT presents the big picture of harnessing big data in banking and insurance at CeBIT
  9. Munich hosts SANS InfoSec training for reverse-engineering malware, hacker techniques and incident handling
  10. New 4,500 m2 data centre in Madrid offers services from the ground to the cloud and across the continent via Europe’s largest fibre optic network
  11. Voltage Security voices its views on Target CFO and CEO statements in Congress
  12. The Resurgence of Data-Entry Phishing Attacks
  13. Ultra Electronics AEP cuts costs of Bacs transactions for SMEs
  14. London & Capital completes transition to implementing an Asigra-based Cloud backup solution in partnership with Oncore IT
  15. "Attacks against NHS staff highlight demand for lone worker protection," says BSIA



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