Articles Tagged with ''security compliance''

Payment Data Compliance: 12 Major Requirements of the PCI Data Security Standard

March 28, 2017

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is the security standard for protecting payment card data. Navigating the requirements of the PCI DSS and implementing the technical security controls can be quite complicated.

Could a Device Labeling System Under the Trump Administration Lead to Better IoT Security?

Erik Kangas

March 14, 2017

Recent developments in the cybersecurity sphere read like a dystopian novel. The devices we use for convenience and entertainment in our homes are being taken over for malicious purposes by forces unknown.

Radiation Exposure Guidelines to Be Created

Kylie Bull

March 1, 2017

Combatting drug trafficking at ports, screening passengers at airports, determining the age of immigrants who have lost their passports: these are among the areas where radiation is used for human imaging for non-medical purposes.

Cybersecurity: Vital to Legal and Technical Protection of Trade Secrets

Pamela Passman

February 14, 2017

Hardly a week goes by without a new hack or cyber breach being reported in the news, and companies are spending lot of time and attention in improving their IT security. But as companies set out to “raise their game” in protecting their confidential information from cyberattacks, it is important to understand and act on the fact that cybersecurity is not just a technology issue.

What is a Best Practice, and Should You Deploy Them?

Lynn Mattice

February 1, 2017

Almost everyone has heard the term “best practice.” While the term has become ubiquitous in recent years, the first record of its use was around 1927.

The Plain Facts about Airport Access Control Systems

Robert Laughlin

January 17, 2017

At the 2016 AAAE (American Association of Airport Executives) Airport Credentialing and Access Control Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, discussions centered around the rapidly evolving aviation security landscape, specifically with regard to renewed federal priorities on employee vetting and employee access control at airports.

Payment Card Security and the Arrival of EMV

The risk of payment card fraud is real, driven by the momentum of eCommerce and its cashless consumerism, reliant on payment cards to perform so many transactions. However, the incidence of payment card fraud is expected to change.

Jim Romeo

November 1, 2016

In 2009 a hacker embedded malware on the point-of-sale (PoS) equipment at a Seattle eatery known as the Broadway Grill.

Ensuring the Safe Passage of Goods

Areas of security focus within the seaport environment include cybersecurity, physical security and other miscellaneous security risks.

Jim Romeo

October 1, 2016

American ports, terminals, ships, refineries and their support systems are vital components of our nation’s critical infrastructure, national security and economy.

Discussing Critical Infrastructure Risks, Trends and Strategies

August 1, 2016

Risks to energy sector enterprises continue to grow, with drones, terrorism and budgetary challenges looming. Compliance requirements are tightening as well, but as Everardo Trujillo, Manager of Information Security Engineering and Operations at Sempra Energy Utilities, says: “A lot of people say ‘compliance makes you secure,’ and it’s the other way around, really.”

Critical Infrastructure Sector Battles Growing Variety of Security Threats

Enterprise security executives at utilities are geared up for everything from terrorism to copper theft.

Ed Finkel