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PCI DSS v4 is Coming – What Can You Rely On
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PCI DSS v4 is Coming – What Can You Rely On

PCI DSS v4.0 is coming and will bring big changes. The exact nature of the changes aren’t yet available as the standard is still evolving under the PCI...

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A-Movember-Moment | events | Control Gap
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A-Movember-Moment | events | Control Gap

Control Gap is proud to introduce our participants for Movember 2021: Ben, Connor, Corey, and David who help us raise funds for #menshealthmonth and...

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How a $1200 Graphics Card Threatens Your PCI DSS Compliance and Security | blog,pci,cryptography | Control Gap
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How a $1200 Graphics Card Threatens Your PCI DSS Compliance and Security | blog,pci,cryptography | Control Gap

Organizations subject to PCI DSS compliance validation spend significant amounts of time, effort, and money to maintain and validate their compliance....

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How Microsoft Support Expiry can Affect Your PCI Compliance
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How Microsoft Support Expiry can Affect Your PCI Compliance

Microsoft support offerings are designed to provide guidance for system administrators and managers. However, details of the Microsoft “Support...

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LLMNR / NBT-NS: You’re Poison!
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LLMNR / NBT-NS: You’re Poison!

Attention Windows sysadmins: search for "LLMNR" and once you've finished panicking, then get that nonsense disabled.

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NIST Update to Format Preserving Encryption Standard affects PCI Use Cases
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NIST Update to Format Preserving Encryption Standard affects PCI Use Cases

Last month NIST announced they were seeking feedback on a proposed updated guidance for FPE. More formally this is SP 800-38G rev 1 "Recommendation...

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The 3 Approaches to Penetration Testing for PCI DSS | blog | Control Gap
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The 3 Approaches to Penetration Testing for PCI DSS | blog | Control Gap

Understanding PCI DSS requirements in depth can often be confusing and frustrating. The requirements covering penetration testing, PCI DSS 11.3, are...

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Understanding P2PE, NESA, E2EE, and PCI Compliance | blog,pci | Control Gap
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Understanding P2PE, NESA, E2EE, and PCI Compliance | blog,pci | Control Gap

Compliance simplification, what most people call “scope reduction”, can have huge benefits in terms of saving time, effort, headaches, and money....

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PCI Announces NESA - A Stepping Stone To P2PE | blog,pci | Control Gap
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PCI Announces NESA - A Stepping Stone To P2PE | blog,pci | Control Gap

Earlier this month the PCI Security Standards Council published a new document as part of the Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) program. This initial...

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