Recently, there has been a lot of hype in information security circles around the advanced persistent threat (APT) and the advanced evasion technique (AET), partly due to the high profile breaches we have seen this year. I will not offer a definition here as many industry experts have done an extremely good job of it [...]

7Safe is excited to announce another eagerly anticipated technology-focused PCI security event in collaboration with leading card acquirer, Barclaycard, on 29th September 2011 in London. Over 200 attendees are predicted to attend to hear valuable insights into Barclaycard’s new Risk Reduction Programme, a valid alternative to the traditional PCI DSS methodology. Practical and interactive applications [...]

This is a great opportunity for an experienced QSA to join our evolving PCI consultancy and undertake security audits and compliance assessments for a wide range of blue chip merchants and service providers.  We offer independent expert advice and pragmatic solutions through establishing long-term partnerships with our clients in order to help them meet their transformation [...]

7Safe are set to collaborate with Barclaycard at this year’s exciting “Security Matters” event on Thursday 30th June, with a theme expanding on  “Knowing the Risks” to a very significant anticipated audience who will be keen for answers and to interact.  With speakers including Dan Haagman, (7Safe Co-Founder and Director), Neira Jones (Head of Payment Card [...]

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a global standard applies to all organisations that either store, process or transmit payment card data. On October 28th 2010 the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (“the Council”) published its latest version of the standard known as PCI DSS v2.0. PCI DSS v2.0 communicates [...]

7Safe and Barclaycard are PCI DSS partners who operate together under contract for driving PCI compliance throughout the UK and Europe. Our PCI partnership developed out of years of collaborative work in investigating online (e-commerce) credit card fraud through forensic and technical investigations. The partnership evolved into the PCI compliance space where 7Safe is now [...]

Thanks to the 7Safe security breach investigation team’s work, a report in conjunction with the University of Bedfordshire, supported by SOCA (Serious & Organised Crime Agency) and the Metropolitan Police Service has been released. The UK Security Breach Investigations Report 2010 is an analysis of data compromise cases over an 18 month period.  Some of the statistics that come out of the [...]

One of the areas in which 7Safe works is compliance with the payment card security standard PCI DSS.  A big issue within the standard involves the unencrypted storage of debit and credit card numbers, or PANs (Primary Account Numbers), and other associated sensitive data. As you can imagine, many companies taking credit card payment can inadvertently store such PANs in clear [...]