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Industry Views on Combatting the Malware Epidemic

Brandon Benson | April 22, 2015/MasterCard Brandon Benson is a senior security analyst at SecurityMetrics, responsible for PCI compliance assessments and security consulting services. SecurityMetrics is a leader in merchant data security and compliance. According to the U.S. federal government, 2014 brought about an epidemic of point-of-sale (POS) malware or […]

Nigeria govt revenue falls 21.5 pct in March due to oil outages

Tue Apr 21, 2015/Reuters Nigeria’s gross government revenue fell 21.5 percent to 315.04 billion naira ($2 billion) in March due to trunk and pipeline shutdowns and lower earnings from the non-oil sector, the accountant general said. Nigeria distributed a total 435.06 billion naira to local, state and federal government for […]

Tolstoy & Billionaires: Overheard at the IMF’s Spring Meetings

April 21, 2015 By iMFdirect editors All happy countries are alike; each unhappy country is unhappy in its own way. This twist on Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina echoed through the seminars during the IMF’s Spring Meetings as most countries, while recovering, are struggling with the prospect of lower potential growth and […]