Think combating fraud is not of paramount concern to online merchants? The topic was front and centre at the Merchant Risk Council's annual conference held in early March. Online merchants gathered there were eager to get a deeper level of understanding of how better to combat fraud - fraudulent chargebacks chief among their worries. 20 Mar 2008
What's most important to consumers when making a purchase online? Personal identity. Consumers are taking more notice of their individual online security after a string of recent identity theft cases made major headlines. 28 Feb 2008
If you're headed to a brick-and-mortar store or a restaurant, don't leave a receipt on the table, and be sure to check your credit card bill to make sure the staff didn't heist your credit card number. Those are common-sense behaviors for real-world commerce, but similar security measures are in order when shopping online. 25 Feb 2008
Baby dumped: Soweto mall management denies toilets are covered by CCTV. 18 Feb 2008
The costs as well as the volume of ID thefts continue to rise. Estimated business losses per victim increased by about $7,500 from 2003 to 2004, from $41,717 to $49,254, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Reported costs per record were $197 last year, according to the Ponemon Institute's third annual study. 8 Feb 2008
The ultimate cost to ID theft victims varies across industries, Uriel Maimon, senior researcher for the software firm RSA, told the E-Commerce Times. This series of reports relates to the United States, but it has lessons for South Africa. 7 Feb 2008
Safeguarding organizations against insiders with malicious intent requires effectively enforcing data access policies and auditing user activity with sensitive and confidential data and systems. The stories that have surfaced about company insiders stealing sensitive data worth millions of dollars - if not billions - is a nonstop cycle. 1 Feb 2008
The Consumer Goods Council South Africa and Technews Publishing have announced they will jointly host a Retail Security conference early in 2008. The conference, titled Retail Risk 2008, will be held in Cape Town on 26th February, in Durban on 28th February and in Johannesburg on 4th March. 24 Jan 2008
Concerns have been raised regarding the safety of passengers when travelling through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Kenya Airways has issued and assurance that at no time has there been a threat to its operations; the airline and other foreign carries such as BA and Virgin continue to operate normally. 23 Jan 2008
Retail Risk 2008, a retail security conference jointly hosted by The Consumer Goods Council (CGC) South Africa and Technews Publishing, takes place in Cape Town on 26 February, in Durban on 28 February and in Johannesburg on 4 March. This article is published with permission of Hi-Tech Security Solutions. 23 Jan 2008
Armed attacks in rest of the country rocket as crime spreads beyond Gauteng, writes Henriëtte Geldenhuys. 15 Jan 2008
Identity theft grew by more than 100% last year, and older black people are the main target and are hit hardest. 11 Jan 2008
The Department of Water Affairs and the Scorpions have uncovered a syndicate which has been defrauding suppliers. 12 Dec 2007
With the country enjoying the festive season, Telkom has called for heightened vigilance among its customers in guarding against cheque fraud also known as “refund scams”. 12 Dec 2007
The holiday season is underway, and to most people that means shopping until they drop, but as the holiday season gets into full swing, so do the criminals whose idea of “holiday cheer” largely involves destroying yours. Don't let them. 12 Dec 2007
Atterbury Property and its partners have joined the fight against crime by contributing towards a unique mode of security personnel transportation at 10 of the most prominent shopping centres in the country. 4 Dec 2007
When an organization loses a customer's, employee's or citizen's personal information, the fallout burns everyone involved. 30 Nov 2007
Not surprisingly, merchants are employing more antifraud tools on their e-commerce sites. One possible - and unwelcome - result is a slowdown in response to legitimate customer orders. 27% of orders were manually reviewed in 2007, compared to 23% the year before; the number of orders requiring manual processing is growing faster than online sales. 20 Nov 2007
Shopping centre owners and managing companies have agreed on a number of measures to reduce the risk of organised crime in shopping centres. 19 Oct 2007
USA - Anyone who's applied for employment at clothing retailer Gap may want to keep a close eye on their credit activity for a while. A laptop containing unencrypted personal information on 800,000 applicants has been stolen from a third-party vendor that manages some of the company's data. Gap has issued what's becoming a familiar response: apologies, help lines and a year of free credit monitoring. 2 Oct 2007
