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Understanding & Deploying the PCI Data Security Standard

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS is a worldwide standard designed to help organizations secure cardholder processing environments. Formed in 2004 by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB, in response to the emerging threat to cardholder information, the PCI Standard Security Council PCI SSC provides 12...

Tags: Rapid7, PCI Data Security Standard, PCI, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-02-04

Penetration Hurts: Best Practices to Protect Sensitive Data and Achieve PCI Compliance

The greatest threat on the Internet involves increased in data theft, data leakage, and targeted attacks for the purpose of stealing confidential information that can be used for financial gain. Acquiring unsecured financial information is the primary objective of hackers and organized crime in order to fuel a thriving black...

Tags: Financial, Credit Card, Wireless Technology, PCI, Best Practice, Attack, Rapid7, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Wireless, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Finance

White papers 2007-05-01

Using the PCI Data Security Standard

Visa and MasterCard issued revised security standards applying to all "Components" of a network for companies engaging in financial transactions. These security standards are necessary for all companies needing practical solution to assess and clarify application process against attack and loss. Those engaging in financial transactions need to have well...

Tags: Financial Transaction, Security Standard, Rapid7, PCI, Security, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-01

Additional Resources

Metasploit finds another way to go commercial

Good luck to them but...We had a pretty bad experience with Rapid7. Their sales force was very high pressure; we were trying to do an eval but every conversation with them was "what can I do to get you to sign the contract today!" I don't know that...

Tags: Sales force management, Metasploit

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Metasploit + Rapid7 shakes up pen-test landscape

With the acquisition of Metasploit by Rapid7, the dynamics within the small penetration testing market have changed. We believe that more competition will challenge each of the three main penetration testing software vendors in different ways. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Penetration Testing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Metasploit finds another way to go commercial

The Metasploit Project has found a way to go commercial without turning its design team into suits, as it was acquired by Rapid7. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Commercial, Dana Blankenhorn, Metasploit, Metasploit Project, Team Management, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-22

China's Green Dam and the cyberwar implications

Guest editorial by Oliver Day Chinese military leaders have always been aware of the military advantage the US has over the People's Liberation Army.  Reading through their published assessments of Sino-US war possibilities confirm our belief that we would dominate them in the...

Tags: Software, China, Vulnerability, Computer, Chinese Internet, Green Dam, Government, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Vertical Industries, Security, Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-23

EA Spore backlash could help end DRM

Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon. Thousands of Amazon users labeled Spore a poor choice because of...

Tags: Game, Digital-rights Management, Electronic Arts Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Security vs. convenience: Apple chooses poorly

Guest post by Oliver Day My PowerBook is in the third year of its life and has begun falling apart on a regular basis. I’ve had the laptop in for repair at least five times this year alone. Every time I bring my laptop...

Tags: Password, Apple Inc., Oliver, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Measuring malware infections in the Chinese Internet

Guest editorial by Oliver Day In June 2008, StopBadware published a report with statistics (.pdf) based on our sample of infected website data from Google. In those statistics we noted that over half of the infections came from addresses originating in China. We've received some attention for...

Tags: China, Infection, Malware, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Exploit code released for Nvidia flaw

Exploit code released for Nvidia flawNot on my systemI use ATI over Nvidia cards, being an avid Linux user since 1999 I have solved most problems over the years.]:)Exploit code released for Nvidia flawROTFLMAO!! One question for linux users... Got Root? LOL!! This shows what an inferior...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, NVidia Corp., Linux, proprietary driver, flaw, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-10-17