Earning a 4.0: The Shift in PCI Compliance Requirements Is Underway

PCI 4.0 — the PCI Standards Security Council’s first update since 2018 to the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) — is a major iteration that shifts away from the traditional point-in-time assessment. Do you remember how an auditor would annually determine the PCI compliance status of a merchant’s or service provider’s system on a specific day in a specific month and assume — somehow — that the snapshot characterized their status all year?

Insights from an external incident response team: Strategies to reduce the impact of cybersecurity attacks

"Why are you here if you cannot decrypt our data?" This is how people sometimes react to the arrival of the external incident response team. In this article, I will try to answer this question, but at the same time, I am going to describe the stages of incident response, list the main mistakes that play into the hands of hackers, and give basic advice on how to respond.

Opti9 Application Services - Designed for Today's Architecture and Design Philosophy

Opti9 Application Services provide a suite of tools to help streamline your software development process. With our services, you'll have access to advanced features such as automated testing, code analysis, and continuous integration. By leveraging our powerful tools, you can optimize your software architecture and deliver better products to your customers.

What to Expect for Payment Network Fraud in 2023

In our last blog, we looked at 2022’s most prominent global payment fraud trends, including application fraud and synthetic identities, bot-driven DDoS attacks, brute force BIN attacks, and authorized push payment fraud. We also discussed the convergence of cybercrime and payment fraud as cybercriminals constantly look for new ways to exploit payment networks by distracting infosec teams with cyberattacks while they launch fraud attacks.

Opti9 and Arpio Webinar: Automated Resilience for AWS Workloads

This webinar, presented by Opti9 and Arpio, focuses on the topic of automated resilience for AWS workloads. With AWS being the leading cloud provider in the market, it is crucial for businesses to have a resilient infrastructure that can withstand failures and outages. In this webinar, we will discuss the challenges that businesses face when implementing a resilient architecture and how automation can simplify the process.

OptiXdashboard Cloud Management Tool - Manage Your Cloud Infrastructure with a Single Platform

In this video, we provide an overview of OptiXdashboard, a powerful hybrid cloud management tool that allows you to manage your entire cloud infrastructure with a single platform. Whether you are working with public or private clouds, OptiXdashboard can help you simplify and streamline your management tasks, providing you with greater visibility and control over your resources.

How Can GRC Teams Leverage Cyber Risk Quantification?

Being part of a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) team is no easy task, as you have to stay on top of evolving expectations and laws, while connecting different business units together in a way that makes sense to other stakeholders. One area that’s been particularly tough to manage recently has been cybersecurity. From new data security standards to heightened risks around areas like ransomware, GRC teams have their hands full.