Payment data encryption startup Evervault Inc. said today it’s aiming to become the internet’s “clearing house for sensitive data” after raising $25 million in a Series B round of funding.

As a number of companies push various strategies for the end-to-end encryption of payment card data, the Smart Card Alliance weighed in Monday with what it considers a simpler alternative: wider use ...

Credit card transactions in the U.S. are often not encrypted, and credit card vendors, payment processors and retailers need to embrace an encryption standard to protect credit card numbers, the CEO ...

Heartland Payment Systems' chief executive, Robert Carr, has likened his company's massive data breach to the Tylenol experience when product contamination led to an overhaul of packaging safety. Carr ...

Steven Elefant, CIO of Heartland Payment Systems, doesn't believe in software security. "There is no such thing as totally secure software anymore, and there probably never will be," he says.Elefant ...

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New research that shows smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston, where the subway CharlieCards use just such technology. The ...

Tumulak said the Ingrian encryption devices are typically deployed close to the credit-card data sources, including file servers and mainframe. The DataSecure appliance line supports both public- and ...