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5 Most Bizarre HIPAA Violation Cases
HIPAA

Choose your vendors wisely and make sure you have a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) in place.

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5 Things The Payments Industry Should Watch For in 2015
PCI

Here are 5 trends in payments that every business should watch out for this year.

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5 P2PE Trends in 2015
P2PE

If you truly lived by everything PCI DSS requires, implementing a P2PE solution would very possibly cost you less money, no matter your size.

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5 Step HIPAA Risk Analysis Sample
Risk Assessment

Find out where to start your HIPAA risk analysis process.

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3 Steps to Protect ePHI From Malware
HIPAA

It’s simple to protect patient data from malware with the right tools, controls, and people in place.

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6 Ways to Make Data Security Consistent in Your Business
Data Security

Depending on the size and environment of your company, security consistency can be a real challenge.

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3 Tips to Light a PCI Fire Under Your Merchants
PCI Partner

Take a look at three methods you can use them to get merchants excited about PCI DSS.

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5 PCI Compliance Tips for Enterprise Organizations
PCI Audit

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

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5 Security Best Practices for Protecting Your HIPAA-Compliant Data
HIPAA

5 Security Best Practices for Protecting Your HIPAA-Compliant Data: encrypt everything, assess your risk, train your people, be vigilant and ready to act, and read buisness associate agreements and find partnerships you trust.

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What is Network Penetration Testing?
Penetration Testing

What is network penetration testing? PCI DSS Requirement 11 calls for regular vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.

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5 Tips to Improve HIPAA Compliance in 2018
HIPAA

The FBI has reported an increase in discovered and reported attacks against all organizations, with 83% of ransomware attacks against healthcare.

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5 Acquirer Tips for PCI DSS Program Success
PCI Partner

PCI DSS compliance is not only a great tool for protecting payment data, but overall data security.

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2021 Security Year Review
Forensics

2021 year review: Earlier this year we made a number of predictions of things that we thought would be forefront in cybersecurity this year

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2022 Forensic Predictions
Forensics

2022 Forensic Predictions: SecurityMetrics Forensic Investigators have witnessed the rise and fall of popular attack trends over 20 consecutive years.

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5 Steps on Your Journey Toward Data Privacy and Protection (DPP)
Privacy

Data privacy and protection (DPP) laws aren’t entirely new to the security and compliance landscape, but the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are prompting many organizations to take a more formal approach to DPP.

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How Can You Tell if an App is Secure?
Data Security

This blog explains how to do a quick risk assessment on an app in the app store or one that you’ve downloaded on your phone to determine if an app is secure.

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Securing Keys and Certificates: A PCI Auditor's Perspective
PCI Audit

Businesses must ensure their key servers, certificate authorities, open SSL libraries, and server updates are secure.

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2021 Cyber Security Year Review
Forensics

2021 security year review and our predictions of things that we think will be forefront in cybersecurity this year.

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Fighting Phishing Email Scams: What You Should Know
Forensics

Phishing Email Scams remain one of the top threats to companies.

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Top 5 Blogs to Prepare for 2022
Data Security

To help you focus your cybersecurity efforts, we've compiled our top 5 blogs to help you prepare for 2022.

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Prepare and Train for Cybersecurity in 2021 With These 5 Blogs
Data Security

How to prepare for cybersecurity in 2021. We outline the top five blogs to help you train employees, understand the threat landscape, avoid malware, and support compliance efforts as you head into 2021.

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Different Types of Penetration Tests for Your Business Needs
Penetration Testing

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

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Increasing Satisfaction in PCI DSS Programs for Acquirers and ISOs
PCI Partner

Increasing Satisfaction in PCI DSS Programs for Acquirers and ISOs: Learn why PCI DSS programs are beneficial to businesses and how to manage expectations around PCI programs.

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Recap: SecurityMetrics’ 2020 Cybersecurity and Compliance Conference
PCI Trends

From COVID-related challenges to firewall configuration to e-commerce web skimming, SecurityMetrics Cybersecurity Conference and Summit 2020 provided cybersecurity content and sessions for everyone in the data security and compliance industry.