When the FCA fined Equifax £11 million for its role in one of history’s largest cyber security breaches back in October last year, it was a stark reminder of the fragility of our data ecosystem.

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 ...

Quantum computing — the use of machines that perform exponentially more calculations and process far more data than standard hardware — is growing at a rate that could make it a threat to payment ...

The chip is equipped with a Modulo Calculation Accelerator necessary in RSA cryptography, and significantly reduces the encryption/decryption time compared to the conventional method using software.

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 ...

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 ...