Tag: PCI Compliance
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a victim's files. The attackers then demand a ransom from the victim to restore access to the files upon payment. Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly common, with billions...
Last week New York Times revealed that former USA state secretary Hillary Clinton used a private email account instead of official email address for communications while serving the State department. It is reported that Clinton used...
Dual Control or Segregation of Duties?
Many information security professionals, event at the senior level roles, are still getting the internal control mechanisms such as Dual Control and Segregation of...
The rat race of vulnerability management
Patch management is one among the major IT Security concerns most of the organizations are worried about. It is practically not possible to have...
Global Payments breach.initial review
Security breaches are become a common thing these days. They hit the front page only when the size or importance of the breach become...
PCI DSS compliance and Password policy
Usernames and passwords is still the major method of authenticating users to the systems. It would be difficult to find someone without a user...
Cloud solutions & PCI DSS Compliance
Businesses are increasing its dependence on cloud computing solutions. PCI DSS compliance is often a concern for many organizations when considering cloud or virtualized...
How to be PCI compliant . small merchants
PCI DSS Compliance is a very hot topic these days. With the number of card data leakage incidents, every organization which cares about the...
PCI Compliance hosting
In my earlier post about PCI Compliant Hosting, we have discussed about the PCI Compliance areas to be looked into when considering a hosting...
Analysing the file integrity requirement of the PCI DSS
I always wondered about the file integrity monitoring requirement of the PCI DSS standard. What is the purpose of this requirement? Is it a...
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