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Top 3 Things to Know When Responding to a Crisis

Your organization has a Crisis Management Plan in place that staff and stakeholders have practiced and improved over time. The Plan answers the “Top 3 Things”: Who, What/When, and How of response actions at the organization and brings order to unexpected events.

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Crisis Response Considerations about the Top 3 Things to Know When Responding to a Crisis
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The Necessity of Change

Online shopping is fast and payment is normally always electronic. When consumers shop brick and mortar, they expect the same speed. Technology does not sit still. Neither should any business that accepts payments.

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Easier & Faster Payments about the The Necessity of Change
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Compliance

With more urgent priorities, many organizations were forced to take a risk-based approach towards compliance. How have requirements been impacted? Have any been loosened in light of the current circumstances? Below is an updated status of some of the common compliance regulations:

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COVID's Impact on Compliance about the The Impact of COVID-19 on Compliance
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Executive Order on Improving the United States' Cybersecurity

President Biden's new Executive Order, 'Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity' provides directives for federal agencies to work more closely with the private sector to share information, strengthen cybersecurity practices, and deploy technologies that increase protections against cyberattacks.

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The Visa/MC Interchange Fee Settlement

A final settlement amount of $5.54 billion was approved on December 16, 2019. An appeal of the final settlement amount was filed on January 3, 2020. This appeal remains undecided as of the writing of this blog.

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PCI DSS Version 4.0: Timeline

This PCI DSS v4.0 timeline should allow for a smooth transition between versions and provide merchants with adequate time to develop new processes, implement controls, etc. before the new requirements are enforced.

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Assessing and Monitoring Third-Party Vendor Compliance

When an organization outsources to a third-party vendor, that vendor may then have access to sensitive organizational information. Organizations rely on contractual language to ensure vendors are adequately protecting and securing the information that they are accessing, processing, or managing.

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Third-Party Vendor Monitoring about the Assessing and Monitoring Third-Party Vendor Compliance
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ACH Part 2: Fraud Detection for Web Debits

Ask yourself these three questions to determine if this ACH rule regarding WEB debits applies to your organization.

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PCI DSS: Ongoing Vulnerability Management

It is critical for organizations to stay on top of passing quarterly vulnerability scans and installing critical security patches. Based on investigations of breached companies, no investigated organization that was breached was compliant with all twelve DSS requirements at the time of the compromise. In many cases, non-compliance with requirements like vulnerability scanning directly contributed to the breaches.

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Vulnerability Scanning for PCI about the PCI DSS: Ongoing Vulnerability Management