The concept of “big data” is primarily used, amongst the populace at least, in relation to advertising. People are rightfully concerned about the use of their personal information and details of their behavior being used to sell them products, leading to a relatively robust anti-big-data attitude, which is inflamed by the occasional scare story. However, […]
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Proper handling, management, and storage of protected health information (PHI) and electronic protected health information (ePHI) are critical in the healthcare industry.The federal government and different regulatory bodies have dozens of guidelines on the handling and storage of patient health information. Failure to adhere to the requirements has various consequences, including substantial fines and even
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Any business that accepts credit cards online for good or services rendered needs to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).PCI DSS comprises of several guidelines that merchants must comply with to protect their customers’ credit card data. However, many companies struggle with security requirements. In most organizations, InfoSec managers are
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In decades gone by, for service companies, conducting a Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 audit was considered more of a rite of passage that separated the biggest players in the market from the “others” category.“Wow, we have grown so prosperous that big and important clients now require that we do important things. We now need
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If your organization frequently processes payment, then you’re obliged to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security (PCS DSS). This regulation protects the sensitive cardholder information. The PCI DSS has several prescriptive elements, and you must perform penetration testing and choose the methods that will undoubtedly show that you have sufficient controls to protect
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Following the recent passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) 15th anniversary, retrospectives raised the issue of increasing cost of compliance. The cost of Compliance 2017 report was released earlier in April by Thomas Reuters, which offered some insights on the rising cost of compliance, stating that this cuts across all industries equally. The
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