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A new standard spells out detailed controls for managing health information security. Managing firewall rule sets and policies is a complex and messy business. Simply following a few best practices can go a long way to simplify your life, cut costs, and improve security. Extending change management practices to IT environments is an essential part of any data security policy and this applies especially to firewalls. Growing IT security threats, coupled with regulatory mandates to protect information and ensure privacy, are generating a renewed focus on security awareness training programs, which can heighten security awareness, improve application and infrastructure security, and enhance security incident handling and response. In a victory for privacy advocates, an Orlando, Fla.-based company has been ordered not to sell keylogger spyware. The anti phishing working group (APWG) launched a new best practice guide for registrars today, aimed at making it more difficult for online criminals to register domains for purposes such as creating phishing sites. Identity theft has become a multi-billion dollar issue that continues to accelerate, and protecting against it has become a multi-million dollar business, says Deloitte's Mark Steinhoff. With new PCI DSS mandates going into effect, web application security will get even hotter. When we think about IT saboteurs, most of us picture a professional cyber-criminal or hacker bent on stealing confidential information or wreaking havoc. In both cases, the perpetrator is an outside party who breaches the data network of a company, institution, or government entity with malicious intent. In an aim to increase the awareness of best privacy practices in Australian businesses, the Rudd Labor government has launched the inaugural Australian Privacy Awards and Australian Privacy Medal sponsored by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
The largest merchants operating overseas will have less than two years to secure credit card transactions, Visa announced on Monday. Managing expectations and supporting employees during a period of organisational change can only enhance the ability to cope with the associated uncertainty. A global security study discusses what has improved around information security over the past year and where there is room for improvement. Businesses not only need to be focused on their intranets but they also need to be vigilant to their outsourced data flow. Symantec has announced a new a developer programme designed to get third parties involved in its product releases.
Study shows outside hackers responsible for one per cent of attacks. The movement to create secure software received a boost with the launch of a new certification from (ISC)². New changes in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 1.2 have been disclosed prior to its release in October. Failing to protect corporate data opens the corporate purse with no guarantee that it will ever be closed again. SOX, HIPAA, Basel II, CobIT – the alphabet soup of industry and government regulations regarding information security seems to get bigger each year.