Companies seeking a comprehensive solution to their compliance and cyberdefense needs should look no further than the HITRUST Alliance’s Common Security Framework (CSF). A revolutionary document, the CSF collects the controls from several regulatory frameworks and combines them into a comprehensive infrastructure any company can adopt to improve its defenses. And the first step toward the airtight protections the CSF provides is the HITRUST self-assessment questionnaire. Let’s take a look.
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The GDPR Data Breach Reporting Timeline
Let’s set the stage. It’s 5 pm at the end of a workday; you’re ready to clock off when all of a sudden you get a ping on your phone advising you of a potential security event… what next?
The first thing: do not panic. Ascertain what the event was about, and if there is evidence of a breach, act.
The GDPR data breach reporting timeline gives your organization 72 hours to report a data breach to the relevant supervisory authority.
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Best Threat Detection and Response Solutions
The primary goal of all cybersecurity programs is minimizing or eliminating the threats posed by hackers and cybercriminals. Since no system can eliminate the risks associated with a data breach or adverse cybersecurity event, effective threat detection and response solutions should focus instead on accounting for and addressing these assaults when they happen. Nowadays, threat response solutions come in many different shapes and sizes, from basic infrastructure to niche services.
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How Long Can You Store Data Under GDPR?
Issuing a sell-by-date on food products protects consumer health. Issuing a data deletion policy protects consumers’ privacy.
Many businesses are asking: how long can you store data under GDPR? Like the regulation regarding sell-by-dates, EU regulators have stated that the personal data you hold must have a shelf-life.
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Network Vulnerability Assessments for Mid-market Businesses
There’s nothing as disorienting as discovering that you’ve been hacked. You log in to your company website and find that you’re locked out. There’s a message on your screen asking you to send bitcoin to an address to unlock it.
What if you knew a way to identify loopholes in your network, patch them up, and prevent that cyberattack? Here’s where network vulnerability assessments come in.
Network vulnerability assessment, also known as network vulnerability test, is a process used to identify and pinpoint loopholes, security lapses, or potentially threatening vulnerabilities in a network. Network vulnerability assessments help you to locate loopholes like malware, unpatched software, and missing data encryption, and so on before cybercriminals can exploit them. An excellent network vulnerability assessment offers insight into your security system’s flaws, allows you to fix those flaws, and reduces the chances of surprise attacks by hackers.
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A Beginner’s Guide to OpenDNS Content Filtering
Every connection a network makes on the internet exposes it to harmful threats. OpenDNS content filtering offers the easiest way to filter web content and prevent access to unsafe or inappropriate websites on your network.
A web filter restrains access to specific domains on the internet and prevents access to malicious webpages. Data breaches, bank account hacking, loss of sensitive information, and client’s accounts are examples of damages resulting from cyber-attacks.
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Who Enforces PCI Compliance?
Consumers’ financial data is a valuable target for cybercrime. As such, compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulatory frameworks, like the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS), is required for most companies that process credit card payments. But what happens for companies who don’t comply? And who enforces PCI compliance penalties?
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Guide to Cloud Infrastructure Providers
Gone are the days when companies relied on hard drives and physical locations to store vital company data. Cloud infrastructure services assure client organizations of data protection and 24/7 deployment availability.
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Advanced User Guide to Cyber Risk Assessment Methodologies
Heading out on a hike without a map or a clear idea of where you’re going will likely end in an exhausting, stressful, roundabout experience. The same problem happens if a company embarks on a risk assessment without sufficient preparation. Even if you already conduct risk assessments regularly, new methodologies and best practices surface as experts analyze past attacks. Here’s an advanced guide on executing and implementing cyber risk assessments for those already familiar with cyber risk assessment methodology.
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Top Benefits of IaaS in Cloud Computing
Gaining popularity among industries, infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provides instant computing platforms and infrastructure over the Internet. It only lets clients pay what they need to use, scaling up or down according to their needs. The benefits of IaaS in cloud computing give companies flexible and cost-efficient options to increase productivity.