The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a worldwide forum that develops payment card security standards for its corporate members, has published its latest version of those standards for implementation…
DetailsTaxpayer data is at risk as disgruntled insiders or malicious outsiders can exploit security weaknesses and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should take action, the US Treasury Inspector General For Tax…
DetailsWhat is the top threat to web applications today? According to the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), it’s SQL injection. The problem is so pervasive that it has topped the OWASP…
DetailsBring your own devices (BYOD), USB flash drives, signing into compromised personal web-based accounts from work, and shared passwords. These are some of the reasons for information security professionals to train…
DetailsWould employees show up to a voluntary lunch and learn session on phishing, password tips, and two-step verification? Contrary to the security awareness pessimists’ responses, they will. Of course there…
DetailsIn the continuing stream of revelations about reported NSA hacking to protect national interests comes more news. Data moving between data centers operated by the world’s largest Internet email companies allegedly…
DetailsIt seems that the Obamacare website, http://www.healthcare.gov, has had a spot of trouble lately. However, obscured in all the debate over the policy of the Affordable Care Act and all…
DetailsAmazon announced several initiatives at its AWS re:Invent conference that are destined to disrupt several markets Held last week in Las Vegas, the Amazon Web Services’ conference hosted more than…
DetailsPrivate cloud computing is a “reality” for half of large enterprises with agility being the key driver, according to Gartner, Inc. In a recent research report, “Private Cloud Matures, Hybrid…
DetailsIT security is a complicated issue. However, the focus on what security can do, can’t do, and how it is perceived, ordinarily is narrow. Generally, managers deal with security in…
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