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Regulatory Compliance and the State of Security

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How Safe is Your Credit Card Data?

by Cindy Valladares

Well, that depends on who is responsible for safeguarding your credit card information. This is a case study of how Point is providing better protection to its customers, merchants in Europe. Organization Point is the leading provider of electronic payment solutions in Europe, serving every type of business that require multi-channel payment capabilities: from small [...]

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Yes, We Need More Compliance Specifications.

by Adam Montville

Some of my more recent work is centered on making sense of the available security and compliance frameworks and standards, and I’ve got to be honest with you, it’s not that easy!  While some might argue these things no longer matter, the truth is (as I’ve said before) compliance isn’t dead – it’s just going [...]

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5 things bad guys are thankful for this week

by Dwayne Melancon

For those of us living in the US, this week is when we observe Thanksgiving Day. That is followed by what’s known as “Black Friday,” which is the biggest shopping day of the year for retailers. What does that mean? Other than chaos in the shopping malls and ridiculous traffic, it means lots of credit card transactions which will certainly make the “cyber criminals” salivate.

That got me thinking: If I were a bad guy, what are 5 things I’d be thankful for this week?

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Security Enchantment?

by Shawna Turner-Rice

While listening to the 2012 Security Outlook presentation by the Information Risk Executive Council; they repeated a long standing industry concern – for a security person to be effective, they have to manage their reputation. In particular, people who advocate for security processes or spending have to avoid the perception that they want to benefit [...]

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Using PCI Compliance As a Business Driver

by Cindy Valladares

Here at Tripwire we get many great customer success stories, so I’ve decided to start a series of blog posts that bring those stories to you. This week’s post focuses on a The Logic Group, a large payment processor in the UK. Organization The Logic Group solutions process in excess of three billion credit and [...]

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State of (Macro) Continuous Monitoring Enabling Effective Cybersecurity

by Adam Montville

This week I’m skipping an entry in my security automation series, and instead posting about what I’m doing right now: Attending the 7th Annual IT Security Automation Conference near Washington, D.C.  In addition to gaining a substantial degree of insight into the future of Security Automation and (the new buzzword of the day) Continuous Monitoring, [...]

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