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PANscan 2020 Study Shows Unencrypted Credit Card Data Storage Up

PANscan searches business networks for unencrypted credit card numbers. Can businesses store credit card information? The short answer is, “yes.”...
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CVE-2020-5497 - MITREid Connect Cross-site Scripting

MITREid Connect Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability: CVE-2020-5497 Here's the situation: I was performing a penetration test that integrated with...

SecurityMetrics' 2020 Guide to HIPAA Compliance Has Launched

2020 SecurityMetrics HIPAA Guide We create and publish our HIPAA Guide each year: to give healthcare IT and HIPAA leaders an up-to-date resource...

2020 Data Breach Predictions and What We Learned from...

2019 Data Breach Predictions and Findings Prediction: Large-scale social media attacks leading to massive personal data losses. Findings: We saw a...

What is Formjacking?

What is formjacking? Formjacking is a type of cyber attack where hackers inject malicious JavaScript code into a webpage form–most often a...

5 Steps of a PCI DSS Audit

PCI DSS assessments, also called PCI audits, may seem daunting for you and your business. But, we’ve broken down the process into 5 steps to help...

Guide to HIPAA Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and Breach Rule

Guide to HIPAA Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and Breach Rule. Did you know that protected Health Information (PHI) is extremely valuable to...

PCI Compliance in the Cloud

Learn how PCI compliance in the cloud affects your organization. "The cloud" brings up an idea of something mysterious and far away, but in...

5 Blogs to Help You Survive PCI DSS and Prevent Security...

Here are 5 Blogs to Help You Survive PCI DSS and Prevent Security Breaches This Year. We cover formjacking, penetration tests, PCI DSS checklists,...

What is CCPA Compliance? What You Need to Know About the...

What is CCPA Compliance? Does CCPA apply to my business? CCPA stands for California Consumer Privacy Act. The CCPA was enacted to protect the...

Matt Halbleib: Director of Assessments

Matt Halbleib is Director of Assessments at SecurityMetrics. He holds QSA (Qualified Security Assessor), PA-QSA (Payment Application Qualified...

Apache Struts Vulnerability: What You Should Do

You may have seen news reports of a serious security vulnerability in Apache Struts 2, which is a popular open-source framework developers use to...

Jen Stone: Principal Security Analyst

Jen Stone is a Principal Security Analyst for SecurityMetrics. In her 4 years at SecurityMetrics, she has completed over 80 security assessments...

What is Vulnerability Scanning?

What is Vulnerability Scanning? Vulnerability scanners are technically computer programs that search systems for weaknesses. Hackers can take...

What is Network Security?

Network security consists of the policies, procedures, programs, hardware, software, and people you use to protect your corporate network. Network...

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