If your business accepts credit card payments, then you need to comply with PCI-DSS standards. PCI-DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. These are sets of rules established to protect against credit card fraud, hacking, and other security […]
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Today’s businesses are more interconnected than ever. Your company may rely on a network of third-party service providers who handle payroll, taxes, new employee recruitment, and much more. These service providers often need to access sensitive information to complete their
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24-hour support and uninterrupted services are at the core of SaaS product offerings, and a single downtime could be detrimental to the business. Case in point, when Slack went down, the support staff had to deal with numerous complaints from
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The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) outlines specific requirements to be followed by every ecommerce website. For safe storage, transmission, and handling of cardholder details, the requirements are fully governed by the major credit card organizations including
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IT and cybersecurity are fundamental components of any company’s data security plans. Although used interchangeably, there are differences between how these terms are defined and what they involve. IT (information technology) security refers to protecting data and information systems from
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Today, technology plays a critical role in business. Consumers are increasingly ordering items online; financial institutions are storing customers’ credit cards in their systems, colleges and universities are accepting payments online, and so on. The ease of doing business brought
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Many businesses across the globe are increasingly adopting cloud storage thanks to its reduced IT overhead, accessibility, and scalability. Nonetheless, the security of cloud storage has raised a lot of concern for businesses despite its convenience and provision of employees
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Strong information security management calls for the understanding of critical principles and concepts such as data classification, change management/control, and protection mechanisms. Nonetheless, such terminologies might be overwhelming at the beginning, causing most enterprises to blindly adhere to compliance requirements
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Data breaches continue to raise concerns over privacy among businesses which has led to an avalanche of regulations to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII). In 2018, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was instituted to ensure that all
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The compliance date for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation was May 25. The deadline has since elapsed. As it stands, GDPR is a reality. The regulation will certainly change the manner in which organizations handle and process personal data.
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