Real stories about real information security challenges - and in real, conversational English. These are the qualities of Michael Seese's books, Scrappy Information Security and Scrappy Business Contingency Planning.

The first in a series of new interviews with the real victims of identity theft. Hear their stories, their struggles and their lessons learned.

This week's top news and views: Fraudsters target smaller merchants that might not be PCI compliant. Also, Kevin Sullivan on why anti-money laundering is so important.

This week's top news and views: Fraudsters target smaller merchants that might not be PCI compliant. Also, Kevin Sullivan on why anti-money laundering is so important.

Because detecting and preventing online fraud is a "very complex puzzle," community banks need to rely on predictive analytics, says Mellani Ocampo of Pacific Continental Bank.

It's one thing to have solid enterprise risk management practices, but quite another to articulate their value to the greater organization.

The retail banking revolution has started, and it's about mobile banking, mobile payments and social media.

The level of application security threats is rising, but the level of response is not. "That's a serious disconnect," says Jeff Williams, chair of the OWASP Foundation.

Mobile security is challenging, and mobile devices are vulnerable for reasons the industry is just beginning to understand.

Former police investigator Kevin Sullivan feels passionately about anti-money laundering programs. And he feels strongly that the regulatory sanction against HSBC is a "learning moment" for banking institutions.