The Rise in Recurring Payments – and the Need for Account Updater
The subscription and recurring payments era has undoubtedly come into its own amid COVID-19. The pandemic created the perfect opportunity…
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The Rise in Restaurant Data Breaches and the Need to Devalue Consumer Data
The restaurant and hospitality industries have been hit particularly hard by data breaches, with hotel brands, restaurants and establishments targeted…
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The Rise of Biometrics in Consumer Applications – Risks and Rewards
To stay ahead of hackers, consumers create more elaborate passwords filled with dashes, digits and capitalizations. As a result, our…
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The ROI and TCO of a PCI-Validated P2PE Solution
On January 25th, we released our latest paper, the Impact of PCI-Validated P2PE, authored by our P2PE QSA Coalfire.® During…
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The Role of P2PE, EMV and Tokenization in Securing Payments
The payment industry around the world has adopted EMV for production and transaction support for credit cards issued with integrated…
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The Role of Payment Devices, Applications and KIFs in the P2PE Solution
March 2020 marked Bluefin’s 6th anniversary of being the first company in North America to receive PCI validation for a…
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The Role of PCI-Validated P2PE in Securing Higher Education Payments
With higher education records going for $245 on the black market, it’s no surprise that data breaches in this industry…
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The Role of Vendors, Passwords and Social Engineering in Data Breaches
On July 8th, it was reported that fast-food chain Wendy’s confirmed 1,025 of their locations – or nearly 20% of…
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The Salesforce Cloud – Got Integrated Payment Processing?
Our heads are in the clouds, which isn’t such a bad thing. According to Synergy, in 2014 the U.S. cloud…
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The Scope of the Problem: Bluefin Speaking at the CNP Expo
We’re taking PCI-validated P2PE on the road at this week’s CNP Expo. Bluefin’s Chief Innovation Officer, Ruston Miles, will join…
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The Security of “Traditional” Payments Vs. Alternatives: Mobile Wallets
In September 2014, when Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the release of Apple Pay, he noted the “outdated and vulnerable…
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The Senate and Presidential Race Bringing Cybersecurity to the Forefront
The end of October marks the close of the 12th Annual Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), co-sponsored by the U.S. Department…
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