compliance
Alarming number of merchants unaware of PCI DSS
The last four years have been marked by continued growth in small business data compromise, yet small business owners are still missing the point of the PCI DSS, a ControlScan …
Secures data in dormant virtual machines
PKWARE announced vZip, a software application that secures and reduces sensitive data within dormant virtual machines. With vZip, organizations eliminate costs related to …
Best practices from healthcare and compliance experts
Data breaches in healthcare are raising alarm. Nearly 20 million patient health records have been compromised in the past two years, according to the U.S. Department of Health …
TeamMentor: Secure software development knowledge base
Security Innovation released TeamMentor 3.2, a SaaS product that provides guidance to help security and development teams create secure software out of the box, along with …
Verdasys launches Digital Guardian 6.1
Verdasys announced Digital Guardian 6.1, an information protection platform that integrates compliance, insider threat prevention and cyber threat prevention. The release also …
IBM releases ten integrated security solutions
IBM announced a broad set of security software to help holistically secure data and identities. IBM’s new software capabilities help clients better maintain security …
ISF launches Benchmark as a Service
The Information Security Forum (ISF) launched a Benchmark as a Service (BaaS) tool. This online initiative will assist users in identifying strengths and weaknesses and …
nCircle releases Configuration Compliance Manager 5.13
nCircle announced its Configuration Compliance Manager 5.13. This release adds the ability to audit MySQL and Microsoft Windows Server Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 …
Qualys expands QualysGuard PCI cloud platform
Qualys has expanded QualysGuard PCI to assist organizations of all sizes to meet Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS), including new internal scanning …
One in three companies take compliance risks
Despite having corporate security and compliance policies and solutions in place, there is a widespread lack of confidence in their effectiveness. According to a DataMation …
Free calculator: Duration of ISO 27001/ISO 22301 implementation
IS&BCA released a free calculator that will help you estimate the time needed for your ISO 27001 or ISO 22301 implementation. Since these two standards are equally …
Information-related risks, threats and compliance
Dr. Eric Cole is a security expert with over 20 years of hands-on experience. He is a member of the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th President and several executive …