The Importance of being Secure

A week before 'Black Friday' and Macey's online customers have been hit with another data breach.

Thousands of credit card details may have been compromised, in the second of such attacks.

As we approach the busiest shopping period of the year we've got to ask; Are companies doing enough to protect our data (Hint... the answer begins with 'N').

Magecart affected the likes of British Airways and Ticketmaster over the last couple of years, so this isn't anything new, and clearly more should be done.

But it goes to demonstrate that there is no such thing as 100% secure.

The importance of being Earnest

This is a farcical comedy was written more than 100 years ago by Oscar Wild about protagonists who maintain fictitious persona to escape burdensome social obligations.

Fast forward to 2019 and 'The importance of being Earnest... about Security' is something I'd love to see organisations embrace because the farce seems to being continuing!

Over the next few days, we'll (again) hear how Macy's...

"Take Security and Data Protection very seriously."

But how can we know for sure? What should they be doing? Clearly there is a lot to do, but let's start by learning from others, and our own mistakes. Magecart is not new, and while one breach can be understandable, two within two years is unacceptable. Or, to paraphrase Mr Oscar Wild...

“To have one breach, Macy, may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness.”