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PCI Requirement 7: 5 Reasons You Should Limit Employee Access to Your Data

Learn why restricting employee access to data can save your business.  By: Matt GladeDo all of your employees have the same access to your card data? If so, you could be making things much easier for...

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The Importance of the PCI DSS: Why You Should Get Compliant

Learn why getting PCI compliant should be important to you, your business, and your customers.By: George MateakiWith the rise in data breaches comes the rise in changes and rules to the PCI DSS. For...

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5 Simple Ways to Get PCI Compliant

Learn basic practices to get compliant with the PCI DSS Read the SecurityMetrics Guide to PCI DSS Compliance.On October 31, 2016, PCI DSS 3.1 will be retired, and organizations are required use PCI 3.2...

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Snapshot of HIPAA and Healthcare Data Security

Learn how healthcare professionals are handling HIPAA requirements. Many organizations likely realize it’s important to secure their patient data, but how many are actually doing it? We surveyed 42...

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Top Ten PCI Requirement Failures: Where is Your Business Struggling?

Learn which areas of the PCI DSS business have the most trouble. By: Mike ReisenIf you’re struggling with some parts of the PCI DSS, you’re not alone. When it comes to PCI compliance, businesses are...

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HIPAA Audits Phase 2: What You Need to Know

Learn what’s involved in the Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program and how you can prepare. It’s that time again! The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has begun its next phase of audits of covered entities and...

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Configuring and Maintaining Your Firewall with SecurityMetrics Managed Firewall

Learn why your firewall may make you vulnerable and how SecurityMetrics Managed Firewall can help.By: Trent GundersonDid you know of the investigated breaches our Forensic Department conducted last...

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3 Tips to Light a PCI Fire Under Your Merchants

Learn these psychological keys to merchant motivation. By: David MeyersMost merchants and their acquirers are as excited about Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance as they are about...

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What do Forensic Investigations Do and How Much Do They Cost?

Learn what a forensic investigation accomplishes and how much it might cost.By: David EllisSo you’ve been hacked. Now what? Well, most banks require breached companies have a cyber-forensic...

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How to Do Passwords Right: Password Management Best Practices

Learn what your business is doing wrong with passwords. By: George MateakiWith the recent release of PCI 3.2, one of the changes is the requirement that business must use multi-factor authentication...

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Employee Training in Data Security: What You Should Do

Don’t let employee training fall to the side of data security. By: David PageWhen it comes to data security, many businesses tend to think of things like locks, firewalls, and the latest technology to...

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Updating to PCI 3.2 SAQs: The Changes You Should Know

PCI DSS 3.2 has added and removed new requirements to the SAQs. Read our white paper, How to Become Compliant with PCI DSS 3.2If you’re new to the PCI DSS, you might not know much about Self-Assessment...

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PCI Compliant Firewalls: 5 Things You’re Doing Wrong

Here are some mistakes your business might be making with firewalls. Read the white paper, How to Implement and Maintain PCI Compliant Firewalls.When’s the last time you thought about your firewall? If...

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SecurityMetrics Presents Seminar on Compliance Myths in Birmingham

Learn about the top 10 compliance myths and what you can do to protect data If you don’t know much about compliance, you’re not alone. Many businesses have a lot of misconceptions when it comes to...

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The Basics of a Risk Assessment: Why Your Business Needs One

Learn how make a risk assessment framework for your business. By: George MateakiHow much do you know about conducting a risk assessment? If your answer is, “not a lot,” you’re not alone.Risk management...

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New 3.2 Requirements for Penetration Testing and Segmentation: What You Don’t...

Do you segment your networks? If so, you’ll want to listen up. PCI 3.2 has come out with new requirements for penetration testing and network segmentation. With new requirement 11.3.4.1, service...

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A Snapshot of Firewalls, HIPAA, and Healthcare Security

See how healthcare organizations are managing their firewalls. Do you know if your firewalls are HIPAA compliant? How is your organization doing with logging? Do you use a managed firewall service? If...

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2 Things You Should Know about PCI 3.2 Multi-Factor Authentication Updates

Learn what changes have happened to multi-factor authentication.  By: Mark MinerThe PCI DSS 3.2 has recently made some changes to multi-factor authentication. But what changes have been made, and how...

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Top 5 Security Vulnerabilities Every Business Should Know

Learn how your business is making itself vulnerable.   By: Chase PalmerDid you know that over 400 million records were compromised in the USA in 2015 alone? What’s worse is all the breached businesses...

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How Much Does a Data Breach Cost Your Organization?

A data breach may cost you more than you think.By: David EllisDid you know that today, we’ve seen businesses pay up to $4 million after a data breach? And those costs seem to only be rising. The longer...

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