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On February 28, 2014
Hackers have encroached all areas. Way beyond mobile and wireless…
Hackers are "Hacking all the things". We are starting to hear about environments like thermostats, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning using web interfaces and http custom protocols. Those are big security issues. Next, over the last several months there have been numerous cases of hackers ta ...
Read MoreOn February 26, 2014
Verizon 2014 PCI Compliance Report – Major revelations and suggestions
The 2014 Verizon report indicates that 9 out of 10 failed their PCI DSS baseline assessment. Here are some excerpts from the report:
- “Organizations that are breached tend to be less compliant with PCI DSS than the average of organizations in our resear ... Read More
On February 13, 2014
PCI DSS 3.0: New and updated requirements
This was listed in one of the articles about updates on PCI DSS 3.0. There is too much going on in the retail world with constantly increasing breaches, both high and low profile ones. Hence all the fuss about data security and compliance. Coincidentally, this is the year for transitioning to ...
Read MoreOn January 7, 2014
PCI DSS 3.0 highlights
1. More rigorous penetration testing Controls 11.3 and 11.3.4 now require merchants to verify methods used to segment the cardholder data environment (CDE) from other areas. 2. Inspecting POS systems regularly Requirement ...
Read MoreOn October 31, 2013
Omega stops at nothing to protect your data. On Halloween day, our Security Strategists go the entire mile.
Today, Brett the Red Ranger cam ...
