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Filtering log data: Looking for the needle in the haystack
Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com | 24 Oct 2007
TIP - In this illustrated tip, network security expert David Strom demonstrates how to use a log-filtering tool to quickly make use of all those voluminous log files.
Preparing for a network security audit starts with monitoring and remediation
23 Oct 2007
TIP - Mike Chapple explains how a detailed network security change-management and remediation process can make audit preparation much easier.
Dissecting compliance workflow processes
Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com | 24 Sep 2007
TIP - Special guest Compliance School instructor Tom Bowers explains why a compliance workflow model makes sense and how it makes auditors happy.
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Hannaford breach illustrates dangerous compliance mentality
SearchSecurity.com | 04.02.2008
OPINION - As Executive Editor Dennis Fisher explains, the Hannaford supermarket breach illustrates how too much emphasis on compliance puts critical data at risk.
Data breach costs soar
SearchSecurity.com | 29 Nov 2007
ARTICLE - A Ponemon Institute study indicates the costs associated with data breaches have soared and will continue to skyrocket unless companies do more to prevent them in the first place.
IBM to boost security spending, push PCI DSS program
SearchSecurity.com | 01 Nov 2007
ARTICLE - IBM plans to invest $1.5 billion on security research in 2008. The company is also using recent acquisitions to introduce a PCI DSS program.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 10
Strategies for success -- PCI DSS Requirement 1: Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data
SearchSecurity.com | 19 Sep 2007
LEARNING GUIDE - Simply installing a firewall on the network perimeter won't necessarily get you past PCI DSS Requirement 1. Craig Norris explains the extra work that needs to be done.
Strategies for success -- PCI DSS Requirement 10: Track and monitor all access to network resources and cardholder data
SearchSecurity.com | 19 Sep 2007
LEARNING GUIDE - Many organizations must manually track each system's log files to comply with PCI DSS. In this guide, Craig Norris explains how to pass PCI's troublesome tenth requirement.
Strategies for success -- PCI DSS Requirement 11: Regularly test security systems and processes
SearchSecurity.com | 19 Sep 2007
LEARNING GUIDE - Craig Norris explains why internal and external network scans are necessary to pass a PCI compliance audit.
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CISSP Essentials: Mastering the Common Body of Knowledge -- Class 1, Security management practices - Expert Webcast

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PREMIERED:   14 OCT 2004, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:   While viruses, worms and hacking grab all the news headlines, sound security management practices are the foundation of any organization's security success.
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PCI Data Security Standard, FFIEC, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Data Security Breach Laws and Notification, Data Privacy, FISMA


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