Collaborate Disseminate
The retail industry saw more than its fair share of data breaches in 2017, with security incidents detected at American supermarket chain Whole Foods Market and clothing companies Brooks Brothers, The Buckle, and Forever 21, to name a few. At least som… Continue reading Integrity: The New “I” in PCI Compliance
Recently, my nine-year-old son informed me that he had observed over time how I always seem to help other people and how others always depend on me. I said to him that, in a way, he is much the same, as he is always saying ‘yes’ to doing li… Continue reading Why ‘Yes Persons’ Make Change Control a Necessity for Your Company
Recently, my nine-year-old son informed me that he had observed over time how I always seem to help other people and how others always depend on me. I said to him that, in a way, he is much the same, as he is always saying ‘yes’ to doing li… Continue reading Why ‘Yes Persons’ Make Change Control a Necessity for Your Company
Recently, I had the pleasure of working with Amrit Chana, a 15-year-old girl from Newlands Girl School in Maidenhead, UK who completed a week’s worth of work experience at Tripwire. Amrit helped with the content of this article, providing input on the areas we believe need to be addressed by every user of a computer […]… Read More
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The latest attack the world has seen recently is a variant of the Petya ransomware virus. As of this writing, it appears a new variant of Petya has been released with EternalBlue exploit code built in, which WannaCry utilised to propagate around organisations. Unlike WannaCry, Petya is a different kind of ransomware. Common delivery methods […]… Read More
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On Friday May 12th, the headlines were all about the NHS UK trusts have been impacted by a severe cyber-attack. The nature of the attack is related to a strain of ransomware called “Wana Decrypt0r 2.0”. As the news unfolded, reports revealed the NHS was not the only organization to have been victims of the […]… Read More
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It doesn’t seem that long ago that we didn’t have online access to many of our utility, banking, and/or even shopping accounts. I was fortunate enough to be part of a revolutionary project at a university in southern England back in 1988, where accessing the internet was using a 1200 baud modem, a terminal emulator […]… Read More
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File Integrity Monitoring solutions have been around for a few decades now, with one purpose in mind: to monitor changes to files on the endpoint. However, there is more to integrity monitoring than just looking at files. Over the past year or so, whilst working with Tripwire, I have met a large number of people […]… Read More
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Since 2004, merchant companies that handle branded credit cards have worked to maintain compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). These regulations, which consist of six fundamental control objectives and 12 core requirements, aim to protect payment card data for customers. They also help card issuers and banks limit their liability […]… Read More
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Recently, I had a meeting with a potential customer who was looking to invest in Tripwire’s portfolio. We got to talking about various aspects of information security–in particular, when companies react and investigate potential security breaches. The conversation took me back to when I worked in information security as a technical security manager. When the […]… Read More
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