While there have been scores of IT related security incidents and this is definitely not going to be the last, the Heartland Payment Systems incident is noteworthy for the fact that the company in question was PCI compliant. While we have been seeing security certifications such as ISO27001, PCI being introduced and implemented across industry, a key question that rarely gets addressed is the absorption of IT Security initiatives within the organization. No compliance can help when importance of IT Security is not understood. At the end of the day compliance to all security standards is only illusory, reality may be far behind. Continue reading “Compliance is illusory- Security is real”