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PCI DSS May Require Pulling Up Your SOX (or ISO)
Executives and managers in organizations preparing for their first onsite PCI security assessment may feel confident that having passed a SOX audit...
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17 Predictions About the Next Version of PCI DSS
PCI DSS v3.2 is due for an update this year - but what will that look like? In this article, we peer into our crystal ball to make some predictions...
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Understanding "Connected-to" - Is The Internet In Scope For PCI DSS?
PCI DSS is all about scope. Getting scope right or wrong is perhaps the single most critical factor determining the ultimate success or failure of...
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8-digit BIN Issues and Risks Remain after PCI Truncation Rules Clarified
Last month we wrote this article about issues arising from the addition of new BIN ranges and the lack of clear guidance specifically with 16-digit...
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In The Payments World, Even Canadians Have ZIP Codes!
Many Canadians traveling to the US have experienced the frustration of running into a form of address verification. This is a common extra check...
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NIST Moves on Sweet32 - 3DES, Blowfish, and Others - Mostly Unsafe
Now is the time to stop using 64-bit block length ciphers such as 3DES (TDEA) and Blowfish in general purpose applications of cryptography. In 2016,...
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Understanding P2PE, NESA, E2EE, and PCI Compliance
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 Compliance and the Intel AMT Vulnerability
On May 1st a critical new and possibly unprecedented vulnerability was announced. The flaw in Intel's Active Management Technology (AMT) firmware...
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7 Things You Can Do To Deal With The Recent Format Preserving Encryption (FPE) Compromise
Barely a year after NIST approved Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE) based on AES they've issued a news release that one of the approved modes has...