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Re: TJX Assents to Audits Of Data-Security System


From: "Dennis Henderson" <hendomatic () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:19:13 -0500

On 3/28/08, Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 09:54:00AM -0400, Richard M. Smith wrote:
In a press release, TJX, of Framingham, Mass., said it disagreed with
the
allegations in the FTC complaint, noting that prior to the breach, the
company's data security "was similar to that of many major retailers."

Oh, *that's* reassuring. ;-)



Beleive it or not, thats what "commercially reasonably secure" means in the
financial industry; Everybody is doing the same thing. Whether or not its
the best thing to do is a ever-evolving process.
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