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Your Penetration Test Cost is About to Go Up

December 12, 2017 • Published by Duane Reeves
Compliance • Network Security • Vulnerability Management

Penetration tests have always had a higher price tag, but their overall cost to you is about to increase in 2018. Here’s what’s changing and how you can keep these costs contained in 2018 and beyond.

Phishing Attempts: Increasingly Prevalent and Sophisticated

November 17, 2017 • Published by Mark Carl
Malware • Security Awareness • Social Engineering

When they’re successful, phishing attempts can have a significant impact on you personally, as well as on your workplace. They begin innocently enough—a seemingly legitimate DocuSign request or email from a friend—but they can quickly turn your world upside down.Avoid becoming a victim of phishing by following these 3 best practices.

ASV Revalidation and the ’53 Yankees

October 30, 2017 • Published by Chris Burgess
Compliance • Vulnerability Management

On October 5th, 1953, the New York Yankees became the only team in baseball history to win five championships in a row. Today I’m pleased to tell you that ControlScan has passed the PCI Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) revalidation test, also for the fifth consecutive year!This was no easy feat. Read on to learn how we did it.

Wi-Fi Security Takes a Hit

October 23, 2017 • Published by Marc Punzirudu
Firewalls • Wireless Security

Last week, it was announced that the Wi-Fi security protocol WPA2 has a serious flaw. WPA2 is the current encryption standard; there is nothing generally available that’s known to be more secure.Wi-Fi has become a necessity for businesses everywhere, so disconnecting and waiting for a solution to the current Wi-Fi security flaw isn’t an option. The answer lies in a layered approach to your security efforts.

Minimizing the Human Impact on Data Security

August 28, 2017 • Published by Chris Bucolo
Security Awareness • Vulnerability Management

These days many organizations do not feel confident about their ability prevent a data breach, mainly because they feel they can’t trust the humans working for them. And for good reason! Cyber criminals continue to exploit the human element, which was blamed for over 400 reported data breaches and 7.6 million+ compromised records in 2016.Regardless of whether the employee is knowingly part of a malicious effort, or is inadvertently involved in allowing an intrusion or other form of unintended disclosure, a breach of valuable data is not what you want to have happen. Therefore, you must minimize the human impact.

Compliance or Security: What are you trying to accomplish?

August 16, 2017 • Published by Kurt Osburn
Compliance • Security Assessments

I’ve been an information security assessor (PCI, HIPAA, ISO, etc.) for a long time and it’s always interesting to find out why a company has brought me in to do an assessment.Is the goal to shore up their existing security environment, or just check a compliance box to make one of their clients or vendors happy? The answer to that question will usually determine the assessment’s success.

Don’t Confuse P2PE and Firewall Functionality

July 24, 2017 • Published by Marc Punzirudu
Encryption • Firewalls • Malware

The ability to devalue credit card data has made point-to-point encryption (P2PE) technology a hot topic among franchisors. And what’s not to love? With a PCI P2PE solution in place, your franchise can check off that PCI compliance box as well as rest assured that your payment transactions are safe and secure.But is securing your credit card transactions between the POS and the payment processor all your business should worry about? Does implementing P2PE make every other security technology irrelevant to your business?

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Upping the Ante on Payment Card Data Security

July 16, 2017 • Published by Mark Carl
Point of Sale

Payment card data security isn’t a new concept, yet businesses everywhere still can’t get it right. The payment card industry has a growing body of standards, merchants and technology providers strive to follow them, and consumers continue to demand them.But payment card data breaches still happen. Regularly. Why?It’s time we upped the ante on our efforts to help merchants protect themselves.

It’s Time to Redefine the IT Security Perimeter

June 5, 2017 • Published by Kurt Osburn
Cloud Security • Network Security • Security Assessments

As an IT security assessment professional, my job is to look at companies’ data security zones and their network perimeter compliance. I am looking at the normal stuff: Firewalls, servers and hardening standards as required by PCI, HIPAA, ISO 27001, etc.Without properly implemented and maintained security technologies in place, it’s impossible to protect your perimeter from compromise. But are you truly clear on what that perimeter is?

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Your Penetration Test Cost is About to Go Up

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Phishing Attempts: Increasingly Prevalent and Sophisticated

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ASV Revalidation and the ’53 Yankees

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Wi-Fi Security Takes a Hit

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Minimizing the Human Impact on Data Security

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Compliance or Security: What are you trying to accomplish?

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Don’t Confuse P2PE and Firewall Functionality

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Upping the Ante on Payment Card Data Security

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It’s Time to Redefine the IT Security Perimeter

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