The European Union’s tough privacy laws may have gathered momentum as they head into their second year, but one compliance specialist warns that the Australian government needs to take the initiative to motivate Australian companies that are still coming to grips with the legislation and don’t realise its potential impact on their businesses.
David Braue | 28 May | Read more
Australian IT experts are struggling to secure increasingly complex networks and increasing compliance pressure isn’t providing enough incentive for change, a security expert has warned as looming breach-notification legislation threatens to publicly expose poor risk management practices and their consequences.
David Braue | 08 Jun | Read more
Even as one-time Internet giant Yahoo is swallowed in a $6.5 billion acquisition, merger and acquisitions (M&A) experts have warned that due-diligence audits of companies targeted for acquisition often reveal cybersecurity risks that compromise compliance and could threaten the merger and acquisition activities.
David Braue | 01 Aug | Read more
At the end of June, merchants that accept payment cards have five new security requirements to comply with -- and significant fines and other costs if they don't.
Maria Korolov | 16 May | Read more
You can ensure cloud compliance with PCI DSS, HIPAA and other regulatory requirements, but it takes investigation and persistence to get the answers and documentation you need to prove it.
Ed Tittel and Kim Lindros | 11 May | Read more
Compliance with information security regulations is supposed to be, as the most recent iteration of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) puts it, "business as usual."
Taylor Armerding | 21 Mar | Read more
Don't expect credit card security – or lack of it – to be magically transformed when the new year dawns on Jan. 1, 2015, the deadline for compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 3.0.
Taylor Armerding | 22 Aug | Read more
IT, security and compliance experts discuss the biggest issues facing companies these days -- and what steps organizations can take to minimize potential regulatory compliance risks and security threats.
Jennifer Lonoff Schiff | 18 Sep | Read more
If you think the phrase "It's in the cloud" means that your data resides on the Internet and is thus accessible everywhere equally, think again. Most infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud services share the same residence model as traditional hosting and outsourcing deployments -- they live in specific data centers in specific geographies. This means that customer data is generated and most likely stored in this physical location, giving it legal and privacy implications.
James Staten | 19 Apr | Read more
There is no doubt that cloud computing is dominating today's IT conversation among C-level security executives. Whether it's due to the compelling cost saving possibilities in a tough economy, or because of perceived advantages in provisioning flexibility, auto-scaling, and on-demand computing, CSOs are probing the capabilities, costs and restrictions of the cloud. At the same time, security and compliance concerns are at the forefront of issues potentially holding large enterprises back from capitalizing on the benefits that cloud computing has to offer.
Jim Hietala | 07 Jan | Read more
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