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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...
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Is Your Payment Application Ready to Leap to PA-DSS Version 3.2?
With the release of PA-DSS 3.2, on June 8th, the PCI Council has provided sunset dates for PA-DSS 3.1 applications and application listing. Key item...
PCI DSS V3.2 Is Almost Here!
The PCI Security Standards Councils confirmed last week that the updated version of PCI DSS (v3.2) will be released at the end of April 2016. The...
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The Panama Papers - a new kind of breach?
In the world of data breaches, it’s not often that we see something totally new. This last week we may just have had such a thing. Most people are...
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Why the Apple vs. FBI Dispute Is A Good Thing
The Internet and mainstream media has been ablaze with articles and opinion pieces about the dispute between the FBI and Apple over an iPhone used by...
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Just like spring - a new version of PCI DSS will come early this year!
Last week the PCI Standards Council commented on the upcoming DSS 3.2 update and what it means for the rest of 2016. Ever since the sunset of SSL and...
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Sunset of SSL Extended
If you’ve been struggling with keeping up with various SSL vulnerabilities and planning an orderly cutover to TLS then the recent announcement by the...