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Why PCI Is Good For Business

2007-12-03 17:16:25 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...tougher for people who lack a sense of altruism, has the potential of solving a lot of problems with an amendment of more stringent requirements. Yes, its tough on companies now, and yes, they will often go to the low cost solutions as a result, but raising that bar actually has the potential to improve consumer confidence. Thats the theory...
 
Tags: mega huge company-a, huge, pci, security, security directly impacts, company-a, mega huge company-b, company-b, exploit
 
 
 
 
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U.K. politicians want losing data to be a crime

2008-01-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x84705f8 in Network World on Security
 
A committee of MPs has called for tougher criminal penalties for data security breaches as incidents where the government or contractors have lost people's personal data continue to come to light
 
Tags: data security breaches, personal data continue, tougher criminal penalties, lost people, government, contractors, mps, committee, light
 
 
 
 
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New faces and predictions for the New Year...

2008-01-22 22:11:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...tougher to identify and to remove. They can't be mitigated solely through input validation techniques the way that Cross-Site Scripting and SQL injection can As the new web application security guy on the SDL team, it's my job to improve mitigations for issues like request forgery in the SDL, so that it is just as useful and applicable to...
 
Tags: sdl team, team, sdl, sdl blog crew, cve, cve vulnerabilities, microsoft, single prediction, microsoft products
 
 
 
 
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Legislators to the rescue

2008-03-07 16:19:20 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
 
One of the most substantial trends we expected to see in governance, risk, and compliance in 2008 is the tightening of regulations in response to major risk management failures. Yesterday, we saw a clear example of that, as the US Senate approved a bill that would nearly double the size of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, largely in...
 
Tags: curb data theft, massive toy recalls, legislative, regulations, drug trial results, tougher regulations, legislative action, tighter control, industry standards
 
 
 
 
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The Big Announcement

2008-03-13 00:03:25 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...tougher on web application vulnerabilities we run into a difficult situation. PCI audit is coming up and the app. is riddled with vulnerabilities. I now have to dedicate precious development resources to fix these vulnerabilities ASAP. With this solution I can apply this rules and effectively mitigate the issue I am pretty excited to be part...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities asap, vulnerabilities, app, web app, web application vulnerabilities, vulnerability, sentinel, business, default deny policy
 
 
 
 
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Unified threat management, demystified

2008-03-24 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0389c in Network World on Security
 
Protecting the secrets of a uranium enrichment plant should be enough to keep any CIO very busy. But when Sarbanes Oxley mandated even tougher controls on databases containing key financial information, David Vordick, CIO of USEC, a $1.9 billion public company that operates a gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Kentucky, knew he was going to get...
 
Tags: key financial information, billion public company, uranium enrichment plant, gaseous diffusion plant, david vordick, tougher controls, cio, sarbanes oxley, secrets
 
 
 
 
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DPC urged to take tougher stance

2008-05-08 15:26:37 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has been urged to take a firmer stand against abusers of the data protection regime and fine serial offenders
 
Tags: fine serial offenders, data protection commissioner, data protection regime, dpc, firmer stand, urged, abusers
 
 
 
 
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Security agency calls for EU laws on breach disclosure

2008-05-30 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b04518 in Network World on Security
 
A European Union-wide advisory body this week called for security breach disclosure regulations tougher than those in the U.S. as a step toward raising awareness of the seriousness of security threats
 
Tags: security threats, seriousness, awareness, step, week
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft and BearingPoint see space to play in the Enterprise GRC market

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2008-08-07 16:12:55 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
...tougher to handle, and the more GRC programs can run seamlessly with existing business processes and applications, the better. The vendors focused solely on GRC still have the advantage for now, but market consolidation is on its way... and its coming maybe just a tiny bit faster than it was at the start of this week
 
Tags: grc, bearingpoint, grc programs, risk, bearingpoint continues, grc program, top risk, bearingpoint enterprise governance, enterprise grc space
 
 
 
 
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Employee Fraud Spiralling Out of Control in the UK

2008-09-09 10:08:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...tougher times get, the more likelihood that people will resort to criminal measures We reported it regarding the theft of copper from Churches, Hospitals, Schools - even from new homes still under construction. We brought to your attention the fact that thieves have become bolder, evidenced by the theft of manhole covers in public streets...
 
Tags: employee fraud, businesses, businesses beware, million pounds, billion dollars, period, fold increase, fold, fuel price hike