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How a penetration test helps you meet PCI compliance guidelines

In order to protect credit card data, sometimes businesses have to think like a hacker. Every year, merchants who transmit, process, or store payment card data must conduct a …

The app economy demands a new security approach

Protection is still the main driver for security, but a new CA study reveals that organizations understand the application economy demands a new view and approach to security. …

What infosec can learn from the Greek elections

Sometimes disruption just happens. It occurs when something creates a dramatic change of direction, and examples are all around us: the introduction of the GUI, the iPod and …

Security outlook: Technologies and key trends

Anonymous threats and lone wolf attacks, increasing fears on cyber security and concerns over immigration will generate significant debate over foreign policy and how to …

Overcoming the daily challenges of a security team

The constantly evolving cyber threat landscape is resulting in new challenges and approaches for today’s security analyst teams. In the past, companies looked at the …

Do government initiatives increase security awareness?

New research, by SecureData and Vanson Bourne, investigated the impact government security initiatives had on end-user organizations in 2014, with nearly half (47%) reporting …

Week in review: How GitHub is redefining software development, Glibc bug, drone-hijacking malware

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: VPN services blocked by China’s Great Firewall A number of popular …

Nearly half of all DDoS attacks use multiple attack vectors

Akamai released a new security report that provides analysis and insight into the global attack threat landscape including DDoS attacks. Akamai observed a 52 percent increase …

How to determine if insiders should be your primary concern

We learned throughout our lives that if we experience the same problem over and over again in a certain situation, we should probably change something in our own behavior / …

How people perceive online privacy

A new study by the National Cyber Security Alliance shows that Americans care deeply about their privacy. While a great knowledge gap exists about how information is collected …

What IT workplace issues keep CIOs awake at night?

What worries chief information officers (CIOs) and IT professionals the most? According to a recent survey by Sungard AS, downtime and talent acquisition weigh heaviest on …

Guidance to improve risk management and IoT

As connected devices infiltrate the workplace—some with IT’s knowledge and some without—both value and risk can increase significantly. ISACA has released new guidance …

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