Out-of-Scope Wishful Thinking
Written by Evan SchumanNovember 17th, 2009
Isn’t it wonderful how many security vendors are so altruistic that they leap to the microphone to point out the failings of their industry? Somehow, though, solely to advance reality and context, they volunteer that this particular shortcomings don’t apply to their product or service.
That vendor helpfulness—especially when it comes to helping retailers navigate the treacherous PCI out-of-scope minefield—is the subject of StorefrontBacktalk’s security column this week on the new McAfee security blog.
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Is there really an improvement between a mag swipe and contactless tap if multi-factor authentication is required?
-Ed
