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Cybersecurity and information security are often assumed to be synonymous terms. They're not. On the contrary, they have several critical differences that security professionals should under ...
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Developing software while preserving its embedded security can feel like an impossible task. As you update your product, you’re potentially adding new vulnerabilities. So as part of the ri ...
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If the word "ransom" makes you think of old crime movies, where the darling child of the sheriff is held captured until a certain sum of money has been paid, then you have a good idea what r ...
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Because of additional regulations and standards pertaining to information security, including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), the General Data Protection Regulation ( ...
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Every company that uses computers and the Internet should be concerned about information security and particularly, network security. The number of threats each company faces is growing e ...
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How the COSO Framework Helps You Comply with SOX
In May 2013, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released its updated Internal Control-Integrated Framework. COSO is an organization that aims to impr ...
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