IT Compliance and Controls

There have been recent success in research efforts (mostly academic and theory in origin and a few recently progressing into the more exploitative POC) to identify weaknesses that exist in everything from Firewire connections to the magnetic cards used to access secure facilities.  These proofs of concepts highlight the necessity of a well deployed control [...]

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Remediation and corrective action are part of the lessons learned when a negative event (security breach, fraud, etc…) occurs within an organization.  It is regarded as best practice to learn from one’s own mistakes, and an even better practice to learn from OTHER’s mistakes.  In either case understanding what controls may address the situation on [...]

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