In Support of The Canadian Cancer Society
In October 2016, Control Gap donated $5,000 to FCT in support of The Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life.
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4 FAQs The PCI Security Standards Council Renamed in 2016
Anyone who relies on the PCI FAQ site for guidance may have noticed some changes in the last few months. In fact if you bookmarked some of the links...
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PCI Announces NESA - A Stepping Stone To P2PE
Earlier this month the PCI Security Standards Council published a new document as part of the Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) program. This initial...
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PCI Compliance Footprints: 7 Ways To Simplify Compliance, Reduce Risk And Save Money
While you may have heard of carbon footprints and ecological footprints, you might not be aware that there is such thing as a PCI Compliance...
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3 Risks of Ignoring PCI Compliance
With more than 510 million records containing sensitive information breached since January 2005, statistics indicate that cardholder data breaches...
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What's changed in PA-DSS 3.2? Impacts to Vendors, Implementers, and Operators.
Recently, Control Gap posted an article performing a detailed analysis of the recent changes in the DSS due to 3.2. We do this because the high-level...
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PCI DSS: Guide to Effective Daily Log Monitoring
Despite the widespread adoption of logging as part of operational security practices, organizations have continued to be challenged in harnessing the...
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PCI Under The Microscope
The PCI Council has testified before Congress about standards and breaches in both 2014 and 2009 (links are to Google Searches). This year PCI is...
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PCI DSS v3.2 - What You Need to Know to Stay PCI Compliant
To accept credit cards in Canada, businesses need to be PCI compliant. Becoming PCI compliant can be difficult in the first place and keeping up with...