encryption

In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding a message or information in such a way that only authorized parties can access it and those who are not authorized cannot. Encryption does not itself prevent interference, but denies the intelligible content to a would-be interceptor.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Colu Gets $2.5M To Use The Blockchain For Everything
Colu Gets $2.5M To Use The Blockchain For Everything
January 28, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

Colu, a startup that wants to put Bitcoin’s blockchain to work tracking other kinds of transactions, has raised $2.5 million to do just that, TechCrunch...

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Gartner Says Apple Pay Security Not Being Fully Used
Gartner Says Apple Pay Security Not Being Fully Used
November 24, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Gartner Security Analyst Avivah Litan is arguing that many Apple Pay transactions are missing the value of Apple’s security approach because of POS issues. “Some...

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Visa, MasterCard Still Struggling With China
Visa, MasterCard Still Struggling With China
November 17, 2014  |  International

Contrary to recent inviting signals from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, executives with MasterCard and Visa are finding it increasingly difficult to get permission to do...

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Intel Innovates At The POS
Intel Innovates At The POS
October 16, 2014  |  Apple Pay

There’s one way to be certain that POS data can’t get stolen – don’t have data at the POS in the first place. That’s the...

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The Inevitable Home Depot Bogus Purchases Have Begun
The Inevitable Home Depot Bogus Purchases Have Begun
September 24, 2014  |  News

After the Home Depot breach of some 56 million pieces of card data, it was only a matter of time before it would deliver the...

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Did Home Depot Ignore Security Warnings?
Did Home Depot Ignore Security Warnings?
September 22, 2014  |  News

Did Home Depot’s IT operation ignore—for years—internal warnings that it’s security was inadequate? A New York Times report, quoting various former employees of the home...

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