As of this month, Windows Azure is now considered "Level 1 compliant" under the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS). The PCI DSS is a security standard designed to help ...

Astonishingly, the government can’t tell me how many people have been subject to the Azure card for more than 6 months. This is despite the fact that this parallel system has cost the exchequer ...

Learn More. In oddly fitting timing, Microsoft announced on Jan. 16 that its Windows Azure cloud platform has been validated to conform to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS 2. ...

Last November I wrote that we must abolish the Azure Card and secured a debate in the House of Lords to that effect. For those who may be unaware, The Azure Card is a prepayment card ...

Microsoft said it’s acquiring CyberX, a cybersecurity start-up that focuses on detecting, stopping, and predicting security breaches on the internet of things networks. Various reports ...