EDITOR'S DESK: Data heists: Compliance remains the weakest link
The news last month that 40 million credit card accounts had
potentially been compromised, and records for 200,000 had been
stolen, was perhaps the most stunning example yet of the
challenges of cybersecurity.  Forensic experts and the FBI are
still investigating the security breach. But initial reports
illustrate the measures already being taken to secure financial
networks and what can go wrong when system users fail to follow
rules.  This latest incident took place at one of the hundreds
of companies that process MasterCard International, Visa and
other retail credit card transactions. Cyberthieves by- passed
several security layers and installed programming on the
computer systems of Tucson, Ariz.-based CardSystems Solutions.
The thieves hit the jackpot, extracting account data from a file
that included the three- or four-digit security codes used for
card transactions. Those codes command up to triple the price of
standard credit card numbe