Surveillance is becoming an increasingly standard component of modern life, posing a threat to the idea that people have a right to privacy. In many situations, we unwittingly provide companies with information about our preferences, routines, and interests. In this age of digital era, you must not rely on evolving surveillance regulations and vendors to keep your personal information and security intact.
File Integrity Monitoring, aka as FIM, is a must-have feature for anyone in charge of security. With FIM, one can detect when a critical file, such as a file that belongs to the Operating System, or a key configuration file, is changed. In most cases, configuring FIM is straightforward: If the file changes then generate an alert.
In support of the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently published a Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 23-01, designed to improve cybersecurity for the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) enterprise and their respective unclassified assets.
Have you ever heard an IT security pro talk about their POA&M and wondered what they meant? You’re not alone. Many security consultants and engineers are uncertain about the meaning of the acronym “POA&M”. It stands for Plan of Actions and Milestones. It’s a commonplace term within military and defense working environments.
Data compliance is a crucial and essential factor in organizations that should be carefully followed for data management. Data compliance is more than maintaining relevant standards and regulations and ensuring that the data is secured. The substantial amount of data that is processed and used in organizations must be managed properly. All phases of data access, usage, modification, and storage should be governed by correct policies, protocols, and standards.
Artificial Intelligence’s ability to augment and support progress and development over the past few decades is inarguable. However, when does it become damaging, contradictory even? In our latest Beyond Data podcast AI’s Climate Jekyll & Hyde – friend and foe, Tessa Jones (our VP of Data Science, Research & Development) and Sophie Chase-Borthwick (our Data Ethics & Governance Lead) discuss exactly this with Joe Baguley, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EMEA, VMware.
That’s a good question if you’ve been curious about what it is and if it applies to you. For example, do you have a cloud product that the US Government would gain benefit from using? Are you being asked to seek a security approval or an “ATO” by your customer? We’ll go through the basics of FedRAMP in this article to help you understand where you stand in that process. FedRAMP is a government-wide program.
Many organizations have multi-cloud setups, with the average corporation employing services from at least five cloud providers. Compatibility problems, contract breaches, non-secured APIs, and misconfigurations are among the security hazards cloud computing brings, which is popular. SaaS configurations are an attractive target for cybercriminals because they store a large amount of sensitive data, such as payment card details and personal information.
The PCI Council has set a robust framework comprising a comprehensive set of requirements for enhancing the security of payment card data. So, prior to performing the final PCI DSS Audit, most Level 1 Merchants conduct a PCI Readiness Assessment. This is to validate the effectiveness of their security implementation and the readiness for the final audit.
The IT systems and data of the Department of Defense (DoD) and its network of contractors are a matter of national security. Accordingly, the DoD maintains cybersecurity requirements that organizations must meet in order to be an approved vendor for the DoD. This article provides an overview of the most pertinent documents that inform the DoD’s cybersecurity expectations for defense industrial base (DIB) organizations, a review of useful frameworks, and tips for implementing DoD requirements.
