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Cindy Valladares

10 Steps for Early Incident Detection

10 Steps for Early Incident Detection

by Cindy Valladares

We’ve all said it before: “When it comes to data breaches, it’s not a matter of IF but WHEN.” As we accept that eventually we’re going to have to respond to incidents, it just makes sense to focus our attention to detecting them earlier and effectively. I’ve recently had the pleasure of working with Brian Honan, [...]

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Introducing Tripwire Log Center 6.5.1

Introducing Tripwire Log Center 6.5.1

by Cindy Valladares

Today we’re announcing an update to Tripwire Log Center. This release has some new capabilities to help you do your log management and incident detection functions easier and faster. Here are some of the highlights of this update: Find log events faster. We’re utilizing MITRE’s Common Event Expression to standardize log event messages. You benefit [...]

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Risky Business at the RSA Conference

Risky Business at the RSA Conference

by Cindy Valladares

Next week we’ll start our live coverage from the largest security conference in North America, the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Dwayne Melancon, CTO of Tripwire, will be giving a presentation titled “Risky Business”. In his presentation he’ll be talking about why it is important to connect the actions of information security groups to business [...]

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Explaining Information Security, Risk and Compliance to Your Mom

Explaining Information Security, Risk and Compliance to Your Mom

by Cindy Valladares

I’m sure you’ve been at a social party enjoying a good conversation when someone asks you: “So what do you do?”. It’s frustrating sometimes to explain in layman terms what we do as information security professionals. On top of that, it seems like everyone in the industry has his or her own way of defining [...]

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Predictability and Visibility: The Cure for Sleepless Nights

Predictability and Visibility: The Cure for Sleepless Nights

by Cindy Valladares

What makes security, risk and compliance officers sleep at night? Key factors include: visibility, predictability, optimization & business alignment.

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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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