The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on July 1, 2020, providing state residents with the most comprehensive data privacy protections in the US. Comparable to the EU’s GDPR,…

Companies that process credit card payments must comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS). Two essential questions for all organizations seeking PCI compliance are what is…

Organizations in any industry can benefit from threat intelligence, or information that helps identify, analyze, categorize, and ultimately mitigate cybersecurity threats. The HITRUST threat catalogue, a publication of the HITRUST…

Social engineering attacks are a critical threat to cybersecurity across organizations. Nearly every organization whose personnel interface with networks, applications, or sensitive data requires protection against social engineering attacks, such…

When building a web application, security assessment tools are used to find errors, fix them, and secure the application in the development stage. Once applications are deployed, these efforts must…

What is vulnerability remediation? It is simply a set of processes for determining and addressing weaknesses in your cybersecurity systems. While important for all organizations, vulnerability remediation is especially critical…

It is critical for payment card industry (PCI) organizations to protect cardholder data (CHD) integrity throughout processing, storage, and transmission. Specifically, PCI compliance network security can help minimize the risks…

Compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) is critical to securing credit and debit card payment transactions. Organizations in the PCI industry deemed non-compliant with PCI…

Although viruses, ransomware, and malware continue to plague organizations of all sizes, cyber attacks on banking industry organizations have exploded in terms of both frequency and sophistication. With a year-over-year…

The HITRUST Common Security Framework, or HITRUST CSF, is a global, certifiable framework developed to aid organizations’ regulatory compliance efforts. In 2020, HITRUST CSF v9. 4 introduced several updates specific…