Category: Data Security

Published on June 16, 2022

via Bleeping Computer Ever since 2004, the payment card industry has required merchants who accept credit card payments to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS, often shortened to PCI). This requirement doesn’t just apply to merchants, but is applicable to…

Published on May 13, 2022

via UK National Cyber Security Centre Balancing cyber risk and defence The threat an organization faces may vary over time. At any point, there is a need to strike a balance between the current threat, the measures needed to defend against it, the implications and…

Published on May 9, 2022

via Forbes A lot has happened in response to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack a year ago today that created a crisis for the company and the country. President Joe Biden took steps to improve the country’s defenses against future cyberattacks and signed a bill into law that is designed to improve…

Published on April 11, 2022

via CSO Online Take care of security basics first When reviewing your network for potential cyber threats, don’t make things worse by making misconfigurations that will create more problems. Spend time on the basics and on other projects that you probably should have worked on…

Published on March 23, 2022

Via ABC News A cyber security expert is sharing steps you should take, to protect yourself from a potential cyberattack. Hackers are already trying to break through, according to cyber security expert Randy Marchany. He said they're seeing an increase in probing, which means hackers…

Published on March 17, 2022

Via MIT Sloan School of Management Technology and training are not enough to safeguard companies against today’s litany of cybersecurity attacks. Here’s how to infuse safe behavior into corporate culture. At a large bank, the CEO kicks off every all-staff meeting with a cybersecurity story,…

Published on March 14, 2022

Via Harvard Business Review For every new technology that cybersecurity professionals invent, it’s only a matter of time until malicious actors find a way around it. We need new leadership approaches as we move into the next phase of securing our organizations. For Boards of…

Published on February 15, 2022

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about moving on from passwords. But long passwords are still a good defense against some types of attacks. Brute force attack actors dedicate just a fraction of their efforts to cracking them, a Microsoft researcher found. The researcher…

Published on February 4, 2022

via Security Intelligence You might feel like you’ve heard these imperatives a million times: “You need to encrypt your data.” “Your information isn’t secure unless you encrypt it.” “You need to eat your fruits and vegetables.” But if you’re like a lot of people, you…

Published on January 19, 2022

via Security Intelligence The risk posture of small and medium-sized businesses has changed a lot over the last few years. Bluntly: small businesses inherited a series of digital risks. Many of these risks, such as supply chain and cloud-related risks, can wound and devastate a small business. Meanwhile, the…