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SAQ A-EP: The What and the How

The biggest difference between SAQ A and SAQ A-EP is based on how cardholder data is handled.

PCI DSS Requirement 3: What You Need to be Compliant

PCI DSS Requirement 3 involves protecting card data storage.

6 Steps to Making an Incident Response Plan

Developing and implementing an incident response plan will help your business handle a data breach quickly, efficiently, and with minimal damage done.

Different Types of Penetration Tests for Your Business Needs

What area of your business would benefit the most from a penetration test?

SAQ A: What to Know, and What to Do

Learn what’s required to fill out SAQ A.

PCI Requirement 2: How to Get Compliant

PCI Requirement 2 involves securing your systems.

A Snapshot of the 2017 SecurityMetrics Guide to HIPAA Compliance: The Status of Healthcare Security

See how healthcare organizations are managing their firewalls. Do you know if your firewalls are HIPAA compliant?

Takeaways from PCI DSS 2016 Data Breach Trends

Things to remember from this year are password security, securing remote access, and PCI compliant firewalls.

Types of Penetration Testing: The What, The Why, and The How

Read this blog to help you determine what type of penetration test is best for your business.

5 PCI Compliance Tips for Enterprise Organizations

Here are 5 tips for enterprise organizations to get PCI compliant more efficiently.

How to Comply with PCI Requirement 1: Manage Your Firewall

PCI Requirement 1 deals with setting up and configuring firewalls to protect your business data.

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

SecurityMetrics has created a new audit based off the SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls.

7 PCI Compliance Tips for Small Businesses

If your business collects, transmits, or stores cardholder and credit card data, you need to be PCI compliant. Here are 7 PCI compliance tips for small businesses.

What Healthcare Should Know about HIPAA Penetration Testing

Here are some basic things your organization should know about HIPAA penetration testing.

What are Service Provider Levels and How Do They Affect PCI Compliance?

If you’re a service provider, you may have some different PCI requirements based on what level you are.

The Dangers of the Dirty Cow Vulnerability: Should You Be Worried?

Learn more about the Dirty Cow vulnerability present in Linux systems and Android phones.

How do PCI Merchant Levels Determine PCI Compliance?

Learn more about PCI merchant levels and how they affect PCI requirements.

Patching the Shoplift Bug: What You Should Be Doing

Learn more information about the Shoplift Bug, how it makes your system vulnerable, and what you need to do to combat it.

How Much Does a Data Breach Cost Your Organization?

Let’s take a look at some of the different costs your business could incur as a result of a data breach.

Top 5 Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Every Business Should Know

Learn how your business is making itself a target with cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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

The PCI DSS 3.2 has recently made some changes to multi-factor authentication.

A Snapshot of Firewalls, HIPAA, and Healthcare Security

See how healthcare organizations are managing their firewalls.

New 3.2 Requirements for Penetration Testing and Segmentation: What You Don't Know

PCI 3.2 has come out with new requirements for penetration testing and network segmentation.