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"The good guys need to be right all the time. The bad guys just need to be right once."

From recent Target shops in US being compromised with 40 million shopper's card details, last minute shoppers are well discouraged. So is action after being com

We are happy to announce the results of the annual survey of Security Implementation Status and Industry Benchmarking (CPSMM), in which 331 companies have participated. The data has been collected through the survey conducted online as well as during

Top Steps During Implementation Of A Firewall Project

• Clearly defined requirements such as type of firewall, architecture, performance requirements, compliance requirement, sizing, reporting, and minimum specifications are important for identifying

PCI DSS – Stringent but Exhilarating to Implement (Project PCI DSS Implementation & Certification)

PCI DSS stand for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a robust, comprehensive, technology driven, transparent, explicit standard to enhance

These days’ web applications are under siege. Commercially motivated Hackers, bots, and fraudsters are attacking around the clock, attempting to steal data, disrupt access, and commit fraud which today’s next generation firewall, IPS and other networ

(Source: Defcon 22-Las Vegas)

(Source: Defcon 22-Las Vegas)

(Source: Defcon 22-Las Vegas)

(Source: Defcon 22-Las Vegas)

Over the last few years, our On-Demand and Hybrid Penetration Testing platform has performed security testing of applications across various verticals and domains including Banking, e-commerce, Manufacturing, Enterprise Applications, Gaming and so on

Recently, we were pentesting a Data mining and Analytics company. The amount of data that they talked about is phenomenal and they are planning to move to Big Data. They invited me to write a blog on state of the art, Big Data security concerns and c

Over the past decade, E-Commerce applications have grown both in terms of numbers and complexity. Currently, E-Commerce application are going forward becoming more personalized, more mobile friendly and rich in functionality. Complicated recommendati

From a recent webinar, I gathered the very notably important parts into organized sub-parts. This is the first part wherein the major hardware threats and my insights on them are described. Below is the exact portion of the webinar discussing the ha

Technical Skills:

Major Areas Of Focus:

• Incident Response
• Computer Forensics
• Network Security
• Secure Architecture

( Read More: CISO Platform Top IT Security Influencers (Part 1) )

Conceptual (Understand How-It-Works):

• Fundamental security conce

Watch Talk:

(Read more:  5 Best Practices to secure your Big Data Implementation)

BadUSB — On accessories that turn evil by Karsten Nohl

Karsten Nohl is a cryptographer and security researcher

This talk introduces a new form of malware that oper

Second critical category. Default passwords for access to the application

For the two previous weeks we’ve been discussing the top-9 critical areas and the 33 steps to be taken for security assessment. Ultimately, we’ve covered patch management flaw

We are thrilled to have received so many wonderful ideas and suggestions during the breakfast series specifically focusing on CPI findings. Here are the quick highlights!

What was the objective of the Community Breakfast?

• Preview of CPI Findings: T

Intro

On 11th of May, a security headline broke out in the news, it was about an attack on USIS (U.S. Investigations Services) conducted potentially by Chinese state-sponsored hackers via a vulnerability in SAP Software. Hackers broke into third-party