by Carson & SAINT Admin | Oct 29, 2015 | Cybersecurity 101, Security & Protection
By Diane Reilly, Vice President of IT Services How well do you know your third-party vendors? Recent history shows us not as well as you should. The Home Depot hack is still fresh in everyone’s mind. It was just over a year ago when criminals stole the credentials of...
by Carson & SAINT Admin | Oct 7, 2015 | Compliance
By Matthew Brincefield, Lead Penetration Tester This is the final of a six-part blog series about PCI compliance. Throughout this series, we have referred to the PCI Data Security Standard to lead our discussion on PCI compliance. The PCI DSS has helped us define the...
by Carson & SAINT Admin | Sep 29, 2015 | Compliance, Cybersecurity
By Jane Laroussi, CISSP, QSA This is the fifth of a six-part blog series about PCI compliance. In recent weeks, we reviewed and explained PCI validation and reporting requirements, and we discussed the value of a readiness assessment before an official...
by Carson & SAINT Admin | Sep 22, 2015 | Compliance, PCI Compliance
By Jane Laroussi, CISSP, QSA This is the fourth of a six-part blog series about PCI compliance. Thus far in this series, we’ve set the stage for achieving PCI compliance. In Part 1, we listed and defined PCI-relevant terms; in Part 2, we discussed how to...
by Carson & SAINT Admin | Sep 8, 2015 | PCI Compliance
This is the third of a six-part blog series about PCI compliance. Last week, we discussed how to determine and minimize the scope of PCI compliance. This week, we’ll review and explain PCI validation and reporting requirements. And, you can always refer to part one of...