Security

If you work in the cyber security field, chances are you've run into current or former black hats. But some of these hackers have put their dark pasts behind them and are doing great things in the world cyber security research today. The big question is should an...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We are living in the age of the data breach. Now more than ever, our lives are defined by the massive data sets built from our online presence, and now more than ever, they are routinely disrupted when those data sets fall into...

Understanding and complying with data protection and privacy regulations is hard enough. With all of the jargon and acronyms thrown around, it can sometimes feel like lawyers and regulators don't want you to understand. Fear not, we've put together a comprehensive data...

The EU’s PSD2 directive (a revised payment service directive) aims to regulate electronic payments in EU member countries. It has no impact on traditional paper-based transactions.

If you are doing business in Australia, then you will need to study up on the Federal Privacy Act 1988 and its underlying principles.

In this post, we’ll break down Brazil’s General Data Protection Law—who needs to comply, what is protected, and how to meet its requirements.

Many years since the initial publication of ISO 20022, more and more financial firms are beginning to leverage the standard.

The Windows event logs are a great place to start when troubleshooting problems or investigating potential security breaches.

Mobile devices are one of the weakest links in cyber security for businesses, yet very little is being done to mitigate the risks around these top 5 types of mobile device breaches.

In this article, we'll  answer some of the most common questions about the CSL, and make compliance goals as clear as possible.

MiFID II signifies the continuing onslaught of financial market regulations that demand transaction transparency. Such regulations burden compliance and IT teams who have to ensure their companies meet increasingly stringent security standards.

Businesses have steadily improved their perimeter security to better protect against an ever increasing number of cyber attacks. This has left hackers to look for other, less challenging paths to an enterprise’s data in 3rd party APIs.  

Security breaches are occurring at an alarming rate as cybercriminals continue to successfully infiltrate the IT infrastructures of organizations across many industries. 

With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now in effect, GDPR preparedness should be top of mind for businesses everywhere, not just those based in the European Union (EU). This GDPR overview will take you through the basics, including the seven principles...

Just 28% of gov.uk domains have implemented new email security standards from the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (Dmarc) protocol, according to a study from data security company Egress.

I got a chance to sit down with Kevin Conklin, the VP of Marketing at Ipswitch to talk more about the new MOVEit 2019 release and how the new MOVEit is now integrated with Mulesoft’s Anypoint Exchange.

IT keeps schooling you about the dangers of Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and other online file-sharing services. But you still need to collaborate with your colleagues as well as your customers and business partners.

Before Windows Server 2008, Active Directory password policies were done with default domain group policy, and there could only be one policy for an entire Active Directory domain. This is very limiting if users would like to give different policies to different users,...

How is it that so many organizations focus on perimeter defense but do little to protect the target data inside that perimeter? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to protect sensitive data even if the network is breached?

We all know it and are no doubt tired of hearing it, but in today’s global technological landscape, there is an ongoing and increasing danger of being hacked.