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Achieving PCI DSS Compliant Firewalls within a Small Business

Security Boulevard

The most important and integral part of any data security begins with having firewalls installed in the environment. Not just that, installing firewalls is an essential requirement of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS ). What is a PCI DSS Compliant Firewall? Requirements. Description.

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Managing Cybersecurity Risk in M&A

Cisco Security

Meanwhile, InfoSec is the designer and implementor of risk management capabilities (for instance, ensuring the latest technology is deployed and within expected specifications). Red flags can include ongoing data breaches and either downplaying or providing misleading information about a security incident.

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Complete Guide to Phishing Attacks: What Are the Different Types and Defenses?

eSecurity Planet

Some of the top email protection tools include: Mimecast Secure Email Gateway Barracuda Spam Firewall Proofpoint Enterprise Protection ClearSwift Secure Email Gateway. Some companies that offer phishing simulators include: Infosec IQ Gophish Lucy Simple Phishing Toolkit. Cybersecurity Awareness Training.

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Data Loss Prevention in an API-Driven World

CyberSecurity Insiders

Companies lockdown sensitive data internally with access controls, encryption, data classification and data loss prevention (DLP) platforms. They typically safeguard web applications with application security tooling or Web Application Firewalls (WAF). And recent data breaches also serve to warn peers of these issues.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

After breaches like SolarWinds, companies pledge to improve their digital hygiene. And what parallels might infosec learn from COVID-19? In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. I’m really not kidding about the ubiquity of Mike in infosec.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

After breaches like SolarWinds, companies pledge to improve their digital hygiene. And what parallels might infosec learn from COVID-19? In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. I’m really not kidding about the ubiquity of Mike in infosec.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.