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5 Steps to Become PCI Compliant

If your organization handles any type of payment processing, storage, or transmission of credit card data electronically, you’ll be very familiar with PCI DSS (formally known as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). This standard exists to protect debit and credit cardholder data from unauthorized access via data breaches, ransomware, and other security breaches. However, with the rise in these breaches also comes the rise in changes and rules to the PCI DSS.

Integrating ISO27701 in PIMS to Improve Data Privacy | Privacy Information Management System

ISO27701 is the industry best practice and Standard for Privacy Information Management. Integrating this standard with Privacy Information Management System will ensure the highest level of privacy, security, and information management of personal data. This approach helps organizations manage personal data in line with various regulations, Standards, and data privacy requirements. Explaining the benefits in detail VISTA InfoSec conducted an insightful webinar on “Integrating ISO27701 in PIMS to Improve Data Privacy”

How to Make Slack HIPAA Compliant in 2022

As digital transformation continues post-COVID more organizations, including those covered by HIPAA, will seek out SaaS solutions that make collaboration easier. Fortunately more and more applications like Slack are enabling HIPAA compliant use. In early 2019 as Slack filed for its IPO, the company also updated its security page to provide details on its qualifications as a HIPAA compliant messaging app.

How Penetration Testing Helps You Comply with ISO 27001?

ISO27001 is a prominent International Standard and best practice for Information Security Management. The core element of this standard is identifying risks and mitigating vulnerabilities that threaten the security of information assets. So, the technical risk and vulnerability assessment form the basis of implementing the ISO27001 Standard.

What is the CCPA? Definition and Compliance Guidelines for 2021

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) gives Californian consumers greater transparency into how their personal data is being handled. Under the CCPA, California residents have a right to: California's landmark move to greater privacy laws mirrors the consumer data protection posture outlined in the GDPR and Canada's propositions in Bill C-11. Guidance for complying with the CCPA is outlined through CCPA regulations.

What Is Governance, Risk, and Compliance?

The phrase “governance, risk, and compliance” (GRC) was first introduced in the early 2000s by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG). Since then, the concept has fundamentally changed how businesses operate. Although GRC is not a revolutionary idea by any means, it is integral to assuring that organizations can achieve, and maintain, optimal business continuity.

Obfuscate user data with Session Replay default privacy settings

Session Replay enables you to replay in a video-like format how users interact with your website to help you understand behavioral patterns and save time troubleshooting. Visibility into user sessions, however, can risk exposing sensitive data and raise privacy concerns. For example, a user session may include typing in a credit card or social security number into an input field.

Beware the Data Ditch!

More than half of businesses are in the “Data Ditch”. More than half of businesses have started to invest in their Data Maturity and have begun to make smarter, wider use of their data. And by more than 10 metrics of business performance, they are worse off than if they had not bothered. Meanwhile, a third of businesses have come out the other side and have seen dramatic upticks to their performance. and more...

SOC 2 vs. SOC 3 Compliance: What's the Difference?

According to a Pew survey in 2019, 70 percent of American adults believed at the time that their data was less secure than it had been five years prior. Now consider that a pandemic followed, along with major data breaches at the likes of Microsoft and others. One can safely assume Americans are even less confident about the security of their data today.

A Definitive List of Different Cloud Compliance Standards

Cloud security is not only good for consumers — but it’s also a requirement for businesses in many industries. Understanding compliance regulations (like GDPR) and security frameworks (like NIST) can help IT teams create strong, layered privacy and security controls and data loss prevention using a range of platforms and integrations. Here are the most common and comprehensive security standards that businesses need to know to be cloud compliant.