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Rival associations vow to work together on cybersecurity

Groups that have repeatedly clashed in recent years have temporarily put aside their differences to come up with solutions It may not quite be love, but two industries that have often butted heads agreed to come together before Valentine's Day to push for measures to protect consumers' credit card data, and it was their associations that played matchmaker. The Retail Industry Leaders Association and Financial Services Roundtable orchestrated a small coup Feb. 13 when they managed to convince 12 other retail and financial services groups to work together to enhance cybersecurity—a hot topic after last year's theft of credit and debit card data from millions of Target… Read More