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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Audits

Seven Habits for the Security Conscious

Jon-Louis Heimerl - Audits

Security is a creature of habit. Security likes things to stay the same. Change brings chaos. Chaos is bad for security. But, we can help control the security of our environment by following good security habits.

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Even Breach Notifications Are Bigger In Texas

Gant Redmon - Audits

A new amendment to Texas' breach notice law is designed to make it easier for Texas entities to comply with Texas law by giving those entities the choice of notifying under Texas law or the law of residents of other states.

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6 Steps to Acing Your Next Firewall Audit

Nimmy Reichenberg - Network Security

While regulations and ensuing IT audits go beyond firewalls and firewall policies, these devices are often a good place to start when it comes to becoming "audit-ready" and gaining continuous visibility of what's going on in your network.

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Naughty or Nice: Continuous Monitoring for Year-Round Coal Avoidance

Dr. Mike Lloyd - Network Security

Santa doesn’t care if you were naughty or nice on Christmas Eve – what matters is how you did all year. Security is much the same.

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If PCI Is Your Whole Security Program, You’re Not Doing Your Job Right

Steve Ragan - Audits

For most CISOs, the pain of an audit is part of the job, but it doesn’t have to be the nightmare that most of the IT community envisions.

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Are You Gambling with Your Mission-Critical Security Assets?

Jeff Hudson - Audits

Too many IT and risk managers are surprised by security breaches, compromised keys or operational failures that occur from sheer neglect that result when you leave your valuable keys as exposed as a password on a post-it. Hefty, potential fines for failing to comply with regulations are risk enough, but the risks of ignoring these vulnerabilities extend even further.

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Software Piracy - How to Identify if you Have a Problem

Michael Goff - Audits

The vast majority of ISVs are focused on prospecting and lead generation while overlooking potential sales funnel leakage due to piracy. Any vendor that is serious about its longevity needs to know if it has a software piracy problem.

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