IT vendor help desk can pose security threat

摘要

A recent case study from security consultant Verizon Enterprise revealsrnanother potential gas station data security threat beyond thieves usingrnpayment card skimmers.rnThe culprit in this case was an employee of the vendor providingrngeneral IT and point-of-sale support to a gas station chain. The vendorrnconnected via remote desktop over VPN to the payment processing server.