The PCI DSS compliance password requirements are mandated by Requirement 8 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Password compliance plays a key role in the PCI standards because it dictates the password complexity necessary to help an organization better defend its systems against unauthorized access.
DLP security strategies, benefits explained The threat landscape is a constantly evolving challenge for enterprise security professionals – the number of cyberattacks is continuing to rise, data exfiltration is now included in 70% of ransomware attacks, and insiders are responsible for 30% of all data breaches. As a result, enterprises are constantly looking for ways to reduce the risk of sensitive data being leaked outside the company.
SAN FRANCISCO – May 18, 2021 – Reciprocity, a leader in information security risk and compliance with its ZenGRC platform, today announced ZenGRC has been awarded four coveted Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) InfoSec Awards: Most Innovative in IT Vendor Risk Management, Cutting Edge in Risk Management, Most Innovative in Third Party Risk Management, and Publisher’s Choice in Compliance.
As the use of open source has grown, so has the number of vulnerabilities. Uncover the latest findings from the 2021 OSSRA report. Open source libraries are the foundation for every application in every industry. But paralleling the popularity of open source is a growth in risk—specifically around open source licensing, security, code quality, and especially open source sustainability.
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, is a federal government program to provide a standardized approach for security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud services and cloud products offered by cloud service providers (CSPs). FedRAMP creates a single risk-based standard so government agencies can engage with cloud-based providers more easily.
Inherent risks are the cyber risks and vulnerabilities within an organization before security measures are implemented. In contrast, residual risk is calculated after cybersecurity protections have been put in place to protect against all of these inherent risks; its calculation includes every possible attack vector that could affect a system or data.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a federal law that applies to all publicly traded businesses in the United States. It imposes sweeping corporate governance standards on those businesses, to improve accountability in the boardroom and senior management ranks and to make corporate financial statements more reliable.
SAN FRANCISCO – May 4, 2021 First Quarter 2021 Highlights Reciprocity, a leader in information security risk and compliance with its ZenGRC platform, today announced the company saw outstanding results in the first quarter of 2021, achieving new records across its go-to-market initiatives, coming off an unprecedented 2020. Last year the management of risk and compliance became a strategic imperative and top board-level concern.
The definition of security awareness is likely broader and deeper than your organization may realize. Security awareness aims to address one of the trickiest weak points in your organization: its people. Security awareness is intended to change behavior and reinforce good security practices among your employees and other third parties. In short, it should be a cultural change.
A cybersecurity threat is the threat of malicious attack by an individual or organization attempting to gain access to a network, to corrupt data or steal confidential information. No company is immune from cyber attacks and the data breaches that can result. Some cyberattacks can even destroy computer systems. As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, your business must implement the security needed to safeguard its data and networks.
