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On December 4, 2012

Cyber attacks affect businesses over and beyond just financial loss

Financial impact on their business is almost always on top of the list for retailers who experience cyber attacks. However, the implication of cyber attacks go far beyond monetary losses. Slow web traffic affecting transactions especially during peak hours, choking of firewalls that ultimately sto ...

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On November 19, 2012

How prepared were you with safe-guarding your data for the super storm Sandy?

We have experienced a few devastating storms by now. Dennis, Katrina, Sandy all in different areas of the country. There were several lessons learned ... some re-learned, some repaired, some ignored. What plans did you have in place to safeguard your valuable data?

  1. Did you experience a ...

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On November 12, 2012

Scanning for wireless rogue threats….requirements clarified

PCI DSS have updated the requirements as of June 30th of 2012. Now, there are 3 types of required scanning.  

  1. Internal Vulnerability
  2. External IP
  3. Wireless Rogue threat 
Here's are some tips on the wireless scanning you'd want to pay attention ...

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On November 7, 2012

Tips for password use. Dilbert has the basics here.

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On October 23, 2012

Suggestions for PCI DSS assessments and endeavors

Here are some tips recommended to companies to stay compliant year after year. Compliance report from 2011 by Verizon has some new suggestions based on QSA findings from their assessments of different businesses.  You will find one tip a week in ourRead More

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