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The WiKID Blog, musings on two-factor authentication, information security and some other stuff.

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Continuing the discussion about Brand Damage,breach costs and The PCI security standards, TJX reported higher sales despite suffering the largest breach known. Same store sales increased 6%, higher than analysts expected. Consumer sentiment seem to confirm my contention that information security is not a key element of the TJX brand:

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It's a long standing joke that no matter where you move, your alumni association can find you. That may change after OU's experience with their data breaches as chronicled here. Of course, they use your Social Security Number to track you down.

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Legislation that would have made merchants responsible for card-reissuance and other identity theft costs was vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

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I was fixing to post on some of the ROI posts floating around, with my usual usual dainty prose. But Anton Chuvakin did a much better job than I could - though it appears he has a ringer on his team.

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One the comments on Emergent Chaos about my post Incentive plan for an information security team was from Andrew Jaquith of the Yankee Group:

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