According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, data security breaches reached a record high in the U.S. last year, spanning some 675 million records. Over 30 percent of these breaches affected the business sector, including high-profile merchants like Neiman Marcus, Goodwill Industries, P.F. Chang’s and Dairy Queen.
While some merchants are becoming more proactive about things like payment card industry compliance and security standards (PCI), are the standards enough? Why....