Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Secure Configuration of Windows XP Desktops"
This article is part of the July/August 2008 issue of Everything you need to know about today's information security trends
Having trouble with PCI compliance? You're not alone. Auditors and audit survivors offer tips for how to achieve it. By all accounts, compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is on the upswing. According to Visa USA, compliance among the largest merchants shot up dramatically, from about 12 percent in March 2006 to 77 percent by the end of last year. And media reports indicate the standard is gaining ground in the European Union, where many countries--the U.K. in particular--are stepping up compliance efforts. Yet successful PCI Report on Compliance (RoC) completion remains a confusing venture and elusive to many. Some of the confusion stems from the convoluted path of accountability. Although the PCI DSS is often touted as a one-stop standard, each of the five major card brands continues to maintain separate compliance programs. Some brands have announced heavy noncompliance fees in the form of penalties and higher transactions rates, but it is the acquiring banks that decide when and how to pass on these fees to their ... Access >>>
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How to be an Information Security Know-it-all
The essentials every chief information security officer must master, including PCI compliance, server and desktop security, securing the data lifecycle and how to best align security and business.
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Information Security and Business Integration
INTEGRATION Security professionals can rely on the same models and frameworks used by traditional business to earn a seat at the table.
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Product Review: Vantos' V-Flex
Investigation Management
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Product Review: Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager 4.9
Configuration Management
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Product Review: RSA Security's RSA enVision
SEIM
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McAfee Secure for Websites security service review
McAfee's new security service scans websites and network infrastructure for vulnerabilities, malware, spam, malicious links and sharing of personally identifiable information.
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How to be an Information Security Know-it-all
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Secure Configuration of Windows XP Desktops
DESKTOP SECURITY 5 steps to properly configure desktop security.
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Tech FocusShield Your Enterprise
VA scanning works with Web app firewalls to thwart assaults.
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Product Review: Applicure Technologies' dotDefender
Application security
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Windows Server 2003 hardening services ensures better security
Shutting down unneeded services, ports and accounts makes Windows Server 2003 tough to beat.
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Data Lifecycle Management Model Shows Risks and Integrated Data Flow
Information flows through business processes in an orderly fashion; security must flow right along with it.
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Avoiding Audit Trouble: Getting PCI Compliant
Get compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance (PCI DSS) with solutions and tips from auditors and audit survivors.
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Secure Configuration of Windows XP Desktops
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Columns
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Time to Implement DNSSEC
Editor's Desk: DNS turns 25 this year. It's high time DNSSEC is added to the protocol.
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Interview: CISO Adrian Seccombe on Eli Lilly from FIPCO to FIPNET
In this interview, CISO Adrian Seccombe discusses how Eli Lilly went from FIPCO (fully integrated pharmaceutical company) to a FIPNET (fully integrated pharmaceutical network, the importance of collaboration and the work of the Jericho Forum.
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Face-Off: Chinese Cyberattacks: Myth or Menace?
Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum debate the threat of Chinese hackers and whether they are state-sponsored?
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Loud Cries for National Data Protection Law
Perspectives: A national data protection law would help curtail identity theft and could boost international relations.
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Time to Implement DNSSEC
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