PCI DSS
Identity & Access Management: Give Me a REST
June 19, 2013 Added by:Simon Moffatt
RESTful architectures have been the general buzz of websites for the last few years. The simplicity, scalability and statelessness of this approach to client-server communications has been adopted by many of the top social sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Why? Well, in their specific cases, developer adoption is a huge priority.
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Irregardless, Begs the Question, and SSAE 16 Certified
June 04, 2013 Added by:Jon Long
"Irregardless" is not a word, and is not a substitute for irrespective or regardless. "Begging the question" is a logical fallacy, not a substitute for "...which raises the question...", and there is no such thing as an "SSAE 16 certification".
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The Year of the Security Standard
May 09, 2013 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
Often in the security field we hear the question asked, “Who’s watching the watchers?” It occurred to me recently that one might make a similar rhetorical quip about other aspects of our field – in particular, the question of “Who’s standardizing the standards?”
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Using Least Privilege to Effectively Meet PCI DSS Compliance
April 25, 2013 Added by:Andrew Avanessian
PCI DSS Requirement guidelines certainly reinforce how compliance has hardened from suggestive or advisory directives to true mandates with hefty fines and strict consequences for those failing to take heed.
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Conducting Secure Transactions On-the-go with VPNs
March 20, 2013 Added by:Patrick Oliver Graf
The safeguarding of private customer information has become a top priority for many organizations, thanks in no small part to government regulation and industry oversight, as we move toward an increasingly digital world.
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How to comply with PCI DSS 6.3
March 09, 2013 Added by:Rohit Sethi
If you process, transmit or store credit card data in your software then you’re likely subject to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). One of the most onerous sections of the PCI DSS is requirement 6: Develop and maintain secure systems and applications.
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Passing the New Guidelines on PCI Risk Assessments
March 07, 2013 Added by:Stephen Marchewitz
While PCI DSS compliance has been a requirement for several years now, it’s been fairly subjective as to what a compliant program looks like and how an organization actually goes about it. While that can still look to be the case, here are a few things to consider.
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Pre-Authorization Data – The Card Brands Weigh In
January 28, 2013 Added by:PCI Guru
Acquiring banks, for the most part, cannot answer basic questions about the PCI DSS, so we are supposed to believe that they are experts on retention of pre-authorization data based on a company’s vertical market and region? Talk about passing the buck...
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The Phoenix Project: A Review
January 16, 2013 Added by:Ed Bellis
Gene Kim was kind enough to provide me with an advanced review copy of The Phoenix Project who is a co-author of the book. Fair warning: the first half of this book brought back nails-on-a-chalkboard type memories of dealing with large-scale audits and everything that comes with it...
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Common Sense Cybersecurity
January 13, 2013 Added by:Larry Karisny
We start with one big problem. Internet architecture was never made for security. One of my earliest articles quoted the father of the Internet Vint Cerf by saying, "One of things incumbent on all of us is to introduce strong authentication into the fabric of the smart grid. We did not do that with the Internet."
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Compliance Combines with Vulnerability Scanning to Create Aegify
December 10, 2012 Added by:Michelle Drolet
Two security firms, the established Rapid7 vulnerability manager and eGestalt, a cloud-based compliance management provider, have signed an OEM deal that will do something for the IT security industry that hasn’t been done before: a combination security and compliance posture management...
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Pen Test vs. Vulnerability Scan: You know the difference, but do they?
November 28, 2012 Added by:Stacey Holleran
Small business owners often don't have someone who is versed in network security. So when they are told they need a “network penetration test” to comply with PCI DSS, many will contact the growing number of companies offering inexpensive testing services...
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E-mailing Passwords - Practice What You Preach
November 19, 2012 Added by:Bill Mathews
That’s right, I got an email with my username and password listed right there. That probably doesn’t anger normal people (let alone drive them to write an article about it), but I have never been accused of being normal so I’m pretty annoyed. Here, in no particular order, are my reasons for the anger and frustration...
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The Amazon Cloud And PCI Compliance
November 07, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
The first part of the mythology revolves around what PCI compliant services Amazon Web Services (AWS) is actually providing. According to AWS’s Attestation Of Compliance, AWS is a Hosting Provider for Web and Hardware. The AOC calls out that the following services have been assessed PCI compliant...
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Online Banking: A Trust Opportunity to (Re)gain?
October 09, 2012 Added by:Mikko Jakonen
How come banks are telling people to maintain their security better, without putting their OWN reputation and capabilities in line with the DIRECT consequences of the change paradigm towards ‘webalized’ approach we have witnessed for years, has now resulted as poor operational security...
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Third Party Service Providers and PCI Compliance
September 25, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
If a third party is providing your organization a service that has access to your cardholder data environment (CDE) or the third party could come into contact you’re your cardholder data (CHD), then that third party must ensure that the service complies with all relevant PCI requirements...
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