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  PayPal announces in-store payments in Australia

  Retail customers can pay without cash or a credit card under a new in-store payment API announced today by PayPal for Australia.

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  NFC uptake accelerating: Visa

  Despite some security loopholes remaining, near field communications technology is gaining a foothold in Australia, according to Visa A/NZ.

• PCI compliance requirements for Aussie businesses

  Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) refer to a set of standards that must be followed by big and small businesses alike when accepting, storing, processing and transmitting customers’ credit card information. To be compliant with PCI standards, all business owners, including online retailers, should adhere to 12 PCI compliance requirements for best security practices.

• Understanding PCI compliance auditing

  Businesses of all sizes must undertake PCI compliance auditing to ensure that their customers' data is protected during credit or debit card transactions and if stored within any internal business databases.

• PCI compliance checklist

  If you're business is obliged to undertake a PCI audit, then following a PCI Compliance checklist will ensure that you're security processes and payment processing meet the compliance standards. To ensure that you are meeting PCI compliance standards, you'll need to start by looking at what exactly PCI compliant means.

• Twitter co-founder Squares up credit card payments

  Jack Dorsey, one of the brains behind popular micro-blogging site Twitter, is selling a new product called Square that turns your iPhone into a credit card payment system.

• AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have struck a major blow to a multi-million identity fraud syndicate.

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  Forrester Research | Your Enterprise Database Security Strategy 2010

  With increasingly sophisticated attacks and rising internal data theft, database security merits a stronger focus that goes beyond traditional authentication, authorization, and access control. Learn how to secure your database - Read this strategy guide.