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 …
Interoperable standard for financial data exchange
The IFX Forum has published version 1.9 of IFX, its open, interoperable standard for financial data exchange. The IFX Forum is an international non-profit industry association …
Best practices for mobile software developers
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global, open industry standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), …
Splunk App for PCI Compliance 2.0 released
Splunk announced the general availability of the Splunk App for PCI Compliance 2.0. The app is for any organization looking for a simple, intuitive reporting and analysis …
10 steps to ensure users only access what they need
Every organization faces one challenge to their IT security position – the user. It doesn’t matter how much security training and advice a person is given – …
The fluctuation of compliance
After this weekend, all retailers accepting payment card transactions will be expected to either use a specialized firewall for protecting their Web applications or to have …
Online compliance and vulnerability scanning tool
First Data Corporation announced its PCI Rapid Comply solution, an online Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and vulnerability scanning tool that can help small to mid-sized …
nCircle automates new PCI DSS requirements
nCircle PureCloud automates the new internal vulnerability scan requirements included in the most recent update to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). …
Passing the internal scan for PCI DSS 2.0
Merchants subject to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) rules are often blindsided by DSS changes, arrival of new payment technologies, and newly emerging …
Leveraging PCI standards to accept mobile payments securely
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published a customized fact sheet outlining how merchants can securely accept payments using mobile devices such as smartphones or …
PCI pitfalls for retailers
Businesses that process, transmit or store cardholder data must implement security controls as defined by the latest PCI DSS standard. The following are the nine common PCI …