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How Data Loss Prevention Technology Can Help You
Scott D. RosenbergAccess management, Compliance, Database security, DSS (Data Security Standard), Identity management, IT Security, Oracle database, PCI (Payment Card Industry), Risk, Security Assessments, Security Risk1 Comment on How Data Loss Prevention Technology Can Help You

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is one of the key IT security measures a company must undertake. DLP is one of the 20 Critical IT Security Controls that the nonprofit security training agency SAN recommends. A recent news item provides a great real life of how Nationwide Insurance used DLP technology to prevent an employee’s unlawful activities. Nationwide recently installed new monitoring software to prevent unlawful transmission of data by its employees. The software snagged Qiang “Michael” Bi, a 36-year old […]

The Recent attacks on PayPal, Visa and MasterCard
Sam AlapatiCenter of Internet Security (CIS), Database security, DSS (Data Security Standard), IT Security, PCI (Payment Card Industry), Security RiskLeave a Comment on The Recent attacks on PayPal, Visa and MasterCard

One of the interesting fallouts from the Wikileaks revelations about U.S. and international diplomatic cables that revealed the inner machinations of foreign policy operatives, secrets is the attacks by Wikileaks supporters on various financial institutions that shut off the processing of monetary contributions to the Wikileaks organization. Of the three major financial giants impacted by the mass internet attacks, PayPal, Visa and MasterCard were the most affected entities. PayPal seems to have weathered the storm pretty well, but Visa and […]

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