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Encryption Key Management, Key Rotation And The PCI Data Security Standard
White Papers The credit card associations Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover aligned their individual policy protection programs to create the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). This alignment in standards provided an industry...
[April 22, 2008, 0:00]
PCI Policy Compliance Using Information Security Policies Made Easy
White Papers This paper describes how Information Shield security policy products can be used to save time and money and enable compliance with the PCI standard. Many organizations are building or updating written information security policies in response to...
[April 30, 2008, 0:00]
Demystifying The PCI Data Security Standard For Service Providers
White Papers It is an industry-established policy requiring compliance by all merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit cardholder data. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security practices set forth...
[June 23, 2006, 0:00]
Meeting And Exceeding PCI 1.1 Compliance Today
White Papers Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diner's Club, Discover, and JCB collaborated to create a new set of standards based on CISP (Cardholder Information Security Policy), and known as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI).
[April 22, 2008, 0:00]
PCI And Visa CISP Compliance: What These Standards Mean To The Independent Grocer And Regional Chain - And How Storenext Helps You Meet Them
White Papers The PCI Data Security Standards ("DSS") describe how retailers must keep card data and networks (with payments data) secure, how they must maintain a clear security policy, protect cardholder data, implement anti-virus and other security systems...
[May 4, 2008, 0:00]
Keep Pace With WLAN Security Developments
News The bookend to a clear security policy is enforcement. Setting and enforcing a solid wireless security policy, of course, can largely diminish this improper use of WLAN. Setting a policy means making security priorities clear to employees.
[March 25, 2003, 8:06]
How To Avoid Liability For A Data Breach
Articles A good organisational security policy should start with the basics, advised Keith Arrowsmith, a partner in the technology practice at law firm HLW Commercial Lawyers. Employees should be absolutely clear what the policy is and how it is enforced...
[March 31, 2008, 15:33]
MP: Children Must Be Taught IT Security
News Becta, the organisation that implements government educational technology policy, is also satisfied that current procurement practices offer an adequate level of security, as bidders have to demonstrate they conform to government-set IT security...
[January 10, 2008, 15:55]
Crypto Experts Hail Advanced Encryption Standard
News The crypto experts went so far as to give the NIST selection committee the annual RSA Public Policy award. At the same time, he added, the government has a way to go and public policy is behind the curve.
[April 11, 2001, 11:32]
Privacy Experts Warn Of 'ambient Intelligence' Risks
News A group of European technology researchers and academics has warned industry and policy makers of the privacy and security risks posed by gathering and using so-called "ambient intelligence" — data gathered from ubiquitous technology.
[February 4, 2008, 10:26]
Spyware Enters The Spotlight
News After several years of mounting concern, fears about "spyware" are now starting to come to a head in computer security and policy circles around the world. Late in July, an email that hit employee in-boxes at a British credit card and finance...
[November 20, 2003, 14:05]
China Dictates Purchase Of Local Software
News Gao said that the new policy is meant to support the local software industry and protect state information security. A new policy by China's governing body, the State Council, will rule that all ministries have to buy only locally-produced software...
[August 18, 2003, 9:30]
Keep Mobile Data From Going Walkabout
Articles Having a single manager also makes it easier to ensure that your overall security policy provides complete coverage of the three distinct elements of mobile working: the device, the network and the transmission of data.
[March 13, 2008, 15:52]
Government Wants Your View On Encryption Keys
News The Home Office has today issued a public consultation on the investigation of protected electronic data, which invites comments on a draft code of practice relating to the exercise of powers under Part III of the Regulation of Investigatory...
[June 8, 2006, 16:10]
Aventail's SSL VPN Security Locks Down PDAs
News Support for the Pocket PC will be a standard feature for users of Aventail OnDemand, a Java SSL VPN agent and one of three access options of Aventail's Anywhere Secure Access Policy (ASAP) Platform. However, only 22 percent of the respondents...
[June 3, 2003, 10:15]
Wi-Fi Catches On At Construction Sites
News The persistent concern for security has given rise to a cottage industry of companies dedicated to developing software, servers and policy for wireless gear, including Wi-Fi Protected Access protections that can be built directly onto certain chips.
[February 24, 2004, 14:17]
Lockdown The Desktop With Policies
News In this Windows 2000 environment, the standard user image is locked down by Group Policy Object (GPO) settings, or collections of settings that define the system and how it will behave for a specific group of users.
[April 29, 2003, 10:57]
Windows XP Professional And Office XP Help Provide A Secure And Reliable Desktop That Reduces Costs And Protects Valuable Information Resources At 22 Diverse Organizations
White Papers Policy-based management locked down the desktop and provided more granular control and improved security of network resources. Industry-standard security features contributed to greater integrity of mobile user data, secure Internet and intranet...
[September 23, 2005, 0:00]
ESB University Course 4: Service Enablement And Quality Of Service With SOA
White Papers Cape Clear as an ESB to support WS-Reliable Messaging for reliability and WS-Security for comprehensive policy-based Quality of Service management The fourth and final session of Cape Clear's ESB University focuses on exposing your existing legacy...
[April 20, 2007, 0:00]
Bitlocker Key To Safe Disk Disposal, Says Microsoft
News Choosing a disposal methods for encrypted hard disks would be a policy based decision, Lamb said. According to Microsoft technical security advisor Steve Lamb, the key both encrypts and decrypts data on the hard disk using the Advanced Encryption...
[April 26, 2006, 11:05]
