In February, CVS was ordered to pay a fine of 2.5million dollars by the FTC. This fine was because their employees threw out personal information about patients. Who knew poor recycling programs could cost so much? HIPAA has been around for a number of years but not until recently did we see that it has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Managed Vulnerability Scanning’
HIPAA Assessments are the next wave
Posted: 12th July 2009 by admin in Compliance, Government Security, HIPAA, Security AssesmentTags: data theft, hipaa security, Managed Vulnerability Scanning, Website security
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Vanguard Security Conference – Supplier Security
Posted: 2nd June 2009 by admin in Security Assesment, Supplier SecurityTags: antivirus, Code review, hacker, Identity theft, Managed Vulnerability Scanning, Supplier Security, web security, Website security
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I spoke yesterday at the Vanguard Security Conference (http://www.go2vanguard.com) Vanguard has been doing this conference for a number of years. The focus is on Mainframe security. Most security professionals these days have never worked on MF security. I am proud to say I have back in the mid-90′s. We perhaps I shouldnt be do happy, [...]
US to set out cyber security plan -Baha to the rescue
Posted: 29th May 2009 by admin in Compliance, Corporate Stupidity, Government SecurityTags: antivirus, data loss, hacking, Managed Vulnerability Scanning, security, security metrics
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Why did it takes us over 2 decades to really approach the cybersecurity topic. When I started in informatio security in in 1994, it was the wild west. People were creating processes, developing security frameworks and growing a whole new industry. I like to think I played some part in being on the early team [...]
Ways to Maintain Website Security
Posted: 10th April 2009 by admin in Compliance, Could Computing, Web SecurityTags: Application security, Code review, firewall, firewall management, Intrusion detection system, Intrusion prevention system, Managed Vulnerability Scanning, Website security
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With the advancement in technology comes the heavy responsibility of monitoring an organization’s sensitive and valuable information. The use of the Internet has become a necessity in organizations to exchange their data and various other business details with their business partners, vendors and clients. In many cases, during transmission of datahackers compromise a network or [...]