Prime Factors WP: Best Practices for Anonymizing Data in Development and QA Testbeds
Practices for IT development and quality assurance have foundations that extend much further back than the original invention of information technology.
Inside Secure WP: EMV migration in the US: how to choose the best suited OS?
In the payment market, chip card providers are optimizing the hardware offer alongside with software to minimize production costs. The choice of an OS to run EMV cards is one of the most important for financial institutions, as it directly impacts the overall personalization and issuance costs.
White Paper: HIPAA and HITRUST - FAQ
The objective of this document is to provide guidance to Covered Entities, Business Associates, and subcontractors (as defined by HIPAA), and to assist in identifying the best overall approach to becoming compliant and secure in the healthcare industry.
Risk Analysis versus Risk Assessment… What’s the Difference?
Risk analysis.....risk assessment.....compliance assessment. Are these concepts as confusing to you as they are for most IT professionals?
White Paper: Voltage Secure Stateless Tokenization
Voltage Secure Stateless Tokenization represents a paradigm shift in tokenization. It provides service at a higher performance and with greater security than conventional, database-centric solutions. It is Coalfire's opinion that Voltage Secure Stateless Tokenization, when properly implemented, would effectively promote PCI compliance goals and reduce PCI audit scope for merchants and processors alike.
Success Story: Top 5 Global Internet Retailer
A top five, global, Internet retailer faced several challenges as it sought to comply with PCI DSS requirements, enhance its data security beyond the level typically achieved by complying with those requirements, and create a next generation, flexible and scalable security platform to support company growth. The retailer also needed to ensure the business continuity of its existing systems to maintain uninterrupted sales and cash flow.
Four Myths of Cloud Backup
Many of the objections IT leaders have to the cloud today have sprung from myths that have reached urban-legend status. Simply put, cloud backup isn't as fraught with peril as some observers believe it to be. Moreover, while bad news, accurate or otherwise, travels fast, good news about cloud backup and recovery has been slower to reach many IT departments.
The Cloud Advantage: Five Ways the Cloud Is Better for Business When Disaster Strikes
Organizations with well-architected, thoroughly tested, and fully documented disaster recovery (DR) plans and solutions were able to bounce back quickly when Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc onshore. Those who were less prepared had their operations knocked completely offline. Are you ready for a disastrous event like Sandy?
