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Industry News |
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White House Cybersecurity Plans Revealed |
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Cyber security is one of the most current and relevant threats facing the country. Howard Schmidt, American's new Cybersecurity czar pointed this out at the RSA conference, reiterating a point President |
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Obama made almost a year ago. The initiative that was introduced, known as the "Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative" or CNCI was released at the conference and is comprised of 12 specific initiatives. Among these initiatives are: |
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| To establish a front line of defense against today's immediate threats |
| To defend against the full spectrum of threats |
| To strengthen the future cybersecurity environment |
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See the complete list here |
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Security Tip |
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How to report a cybercrime |
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How can you help the cybersecurity initiatives of the CNCI? Help by reporting cybercrimes. The FBI has |
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established an organization to take cybercrime complaints and coordinate law enforcement efforts to track down the criminals. |
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Watch the video to learn more |
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Inside Scoop |
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New Enhancement to HackerGuardian, helping you validate your PCI Compliance |
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PCI Compliance is now easier. We've made several new enhancements to our HackerGuardian PCI Scanning tool to make validating your PCI Compliance slightly easier. The new release including the enhancements has released as of March 16. |
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| Overview dashboard |
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| Setup wizard |
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| Simplified layout |
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| Quick sort tables |
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| Additional email alert rules |
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| Simplified scan scheduling |
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| Improved device management |
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Contact us at e-commerce@comodo.com for more information. |
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Insider Security |
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Compliance does not equal security |
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Dr. Luke Hebbes, an IT Security expert and consultant in the UK, talks about the risks of relying |
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your status of security on your PCI Compliance audit. "Absolute security is an impossible goal," says Dr. Hebbes, "Our job is to mitigate the risks as far as possible and reduce the impact of any breach by making sure that there is minimal disclosure." See more of what Dr. Hebbes has to say here |
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