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What is Vulnerability Scanning?

What is Vulnerability Scanning? Vulnerability scanners are technically computer programs that search systems for weaknesses. Hackers can take...
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2018 PANscan Results: Storage of Credit Card Data on the Rise

Primary account numbers (PAN) are the 14-, 15-, or 16-digit credit card numbers used to identify individual cards. If merchants unknowingly store...

Holiday Security Tips

Holiday Security Tips

PCI Requirement 11: Vulnerability Scans and Penetration Tests

PCI Requirement 11 Vulnerability Scans: A vulnerability scan is an automated, high-level test that looks for and reports potential...

How Much Does a Pentest Cost?

How Much Does a Pentest Cost? Your company may have the technology in place to prevent data theft, but is it enough? How do you prove it? The most...

SAQ D: What's Required for Service Providers

SAQ D: What's Required for Service Providers. If you are a service provider who stores credit card data, PCI SAQ D likely applies to you. Service...

How Healthcare Security Complacency is Killing Your Organization

How Healthcare Security Complacency is Killing Your Organization

SecurityMetrics Audit for SANS Top 20 Critical Security...

SecurityMetrics Audit for SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls for Cyber Defense

Perimeter Scan Vs. PCI ASV Scan

Perimeter Scan Vs. PCI ASV Scan

Vulnerability Scanners 101: What, Why, and How to Comply

Likely the most famous requirement of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is requirement 11.2, also known as the...

Spotting Vulnerabilities – Is Vulnerability Scanning Antiquated?

Spotting Vulnerabilities – Is Vulnerability Scanning Antiquated?

Picking Your Vulnerability Scanner: The Questions You Should Ask

Here are some questions you need to ask about your business and about your potential vulnerability scanner.

HIPAA Security Rule: Fulfilling Requirements and...

HIPAA Security Rule: Fulfilling Requirements and Addressing Healthcare Security Issues

How Long are Businesses Vulnerable Before a Security Breach?

Research from SecurityMetrics states that, on average, a merchant was vulnerable for 470 days before an attacker was able to compromise the...

SecurityMetrics Vulnerability Scanning Process FAQ

The most commonly asked customer questions about the vulnerability scanning process. As you may expect, we get a lot of the same questions from...

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