With the official release now two days away, several stakeholders now have been privy to version 1.2. Considering two years has gone into revising the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), this prescriptive IT security standard hasn’t changed that much.
What most merchants need to know is “How will v1.2 impact my organization?”  The [...]

 
To encrypt, or not to encrypt: that is the question.
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of user nonacceptance,
Or to take arms against a sea of exploits,
And by opposing end them? To encrypt: to authenticate;
No more; and by authenticate to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That disclosure is [...]

These three have more in common than you might think! Political orientation aside, all three have shattered the “glass ceiling.” There is an order of magnitude more women in leadership positions at small and medium businesses than a paltry 24 women CEOs across the Fortune 1000 corporations (source:www.catalyst.org, 2008).
However, all three face a serious challenge. [...]

I was speaking last week at a panel of CISO’s when someone asked me the very reasonable question “What’s the most important thing we should do to protect our data?” – What the audience member wanted to know really was, given that he had no budget, and a state mandate impressing on him the [...]

I am excited to announce that McAfee intends to acquire Secure Computing, a leading provider of network security to businesses of all sizes. This pending acquisition clearly reinforces McAfee’s position as the largest dedicated security company and an industry leader in security risk management, providing our customers with the most comprehensive and integrated security offerings [...]

As many of us have seen, several companies have invested time and development cycles to provide products to the US government to meet the OMB requirements for FDCC implementation compliance. There are now nine vendors, including McAfee’s Policy Auditor, that are certified within the SCAP program.

The one item that has not received the same press [...]

In case you missed it, the U.S. House of Representatives just passed key provisions of the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act, following approval by the Senate in late July. This cybercrime bill will close gaps in the law that are exploited by cyber criminals, and will lead to more effective investigations and prosecutions. The [...]

What is compliance?
Compliance is a well used term these days especially around the network and IT security environments. As we all know, compliance really defines no measurements in itself, but rather is defined by the policies, requirements and mandates that compile the SOP of a security organization. There are just too many areas of [...]

Amid the second week of the U.S. political conventions (and just ahead of Hurricane Hannah), Forrester Research held its Security Forum 2008 conference in “The Cradle of Liberty.” While both the Democratic and Republican tickets try to lay claim to the title of “Most Likely to Implement Change” in Washington, it was clear that Forrester [...]

A new weekly series from me on the McAfee SME blog:
Myth: Chicken soup and hot toddies are effective treatments for the flu or colds.
Fact: A bowl of chicken soup is a popular home remedy. While hot liquids can soothe a scratchy throat or cough, chicken soup has no special power to cure the flu or [...]