Standard & Poor's Announces Security Certification
L. Taylor - July 31, 2000

Event Summary

Earlier this year, some private industry security experts, in conjunction with SecurityFocus.com, identified and exposed the security vulnerabilities on Standard & Poor's Comstock boxes. TEC published the story of this security faux pas earlier this month. After the story was published, Standard & Poor's announced a certification program dubbed Security Circle Program. The timing of the announcement is uncanny enough to make users question the motivation of the announcement...