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Understanding PCI compliance fines: Who is in charge of enforcing PCI?
If your business stores, processes, or transmits data from payment cards, then you are subject to the requirements of the PCI DSS. This set of security controls is designed to …
Unsharing in the sharing economy
It’s been a big year for the sharing economy. Numerous consumer services have skyrocketed to popularity by basing their business on the sharing of resources. Companies like …
The difficult task of meeting compliance needs
Compliance is a complex issue in many industries and organizations know all too well that there are major fines and potential punishments for not meeting the laws and …
3 ways to stop insider threats in your organization
No one wants their organization to be the next poster child for a major informational breach. No one wants their company to make headlines for having their data compromised or …
Mobile SSL failures: More common than they should be
Securing your mobile application traffic is apparently more difficult than it should be, as researchers Anthony Trummer and Tushar Dalvi discovered when looking into SSL/TLS …
Why is ERP security so difficult?
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) security has been all over the news lately. From high profile breaches, like the recent U.S. Office of Personnel Management breach, to …
What a business leader should know about the cloud and its impact
Great companies see business risks as opportunities, and execute strategies accordingly. Such a mentality is compatible with emerging technologies. IT plays a vital role in …
Never underestimate the impact of a data breach
The growth of cyber-crime and the impact of successful attacks on an organization’s bottom-line should not be underestimated; it is anticipated that data breaches will …
Why location-based social media data is critical for security
Sports games at stadiums, hurricanes along the coast, protests on city streets, guest complaints at hotels, customer praise at restaurants, bullying at schools… Things happen …
We don’t know what we don’t know
Citing the latest cyber security statistics is a popular way for security companies to show that they are keeping a watchful eye on the threat landscape. Where does the …
The best way to prevent data breaches? It’s not what you think
Data security breaches seem to be popping up almost daily. From the 2015 IRS breach, to the hacking of federal government employees’ data by China, it’s clear much of our most …
Data-centric security with RightsWATCH
The fact that sensitive data seems to increasingly follow a pattern of being leaked, lost or stolen, has forced security professionals to rethink how their organizations can …
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