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Jumpstart Your PCI with a Strong Partnership

Although PCI compliance is a year-round task, many organizations target the beginning of the year as the time to complete annual requirements like risk assessments, penetration testing, staff awareness training, documentation review, third-party contract reviews, and incident response plan testing.

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The Five Most Common Findings in a QSA PCI Compliance Assessment (and one that might surprise you!)

While each institution is different in the way they process payment information across various departments and areas, many of the same challenges to achieving PCI compliance exist in every organization.

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Wendy’s Payment Card Breach: How a Third-Party Breach Can Affect Your Institution

Your ultimate PCI responsibility will depend on whether your dining service or restaurant is completely separate from your institution or if they a service provider using one of the Merchant IDs assigned by your acquirer.

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Your Bank Has Requested the College’s Attestation of Compliance…Now What?

Many colleges and universities have recently received letters from their acquiring banks requesting an Attestation of Compliance (AOC) to verify they are meeting their PCI requirements. Failure to comply can result in significant fines, or you may even forfeit your ability to accept credit cards.

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Implementing P2PE - Understanding the impact

Deciding if Point-to-Point Encryption is right for you can be confusing. Here are some common questions and things you should be aware of as you move down this path:

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Spear Phishing: Exploiting Known Vulnerabilities

What is spear phishing? What does a spear phishing campaign include? What are some best practices for your users to follow to protect you from these attacks?

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Business Email Compromise: A Growing Threat

Cyber criminals are getting smarter and are increasingly targeting businesses with sophisticated, well-planned email attack strategies that are difficult to catch.

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IoT: Weak Security Makes Easy Hacker Targets

The Internet of Things (IoT) includes any devices other than computers or smartphones that connect, store, or transmit information via the Internet. With over 20 billion connected devices in use worldwide, it is no surprise the hackers have begun using them to their advantage.

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Cyber Insurance: What You Need to Know

Data breaches are on the rise, as are the high costs associated with them. Some organizations are looking to cyber insurance to mitigate these costs. Is cyber insurance something you really need? What does it cover? What does it not cover? What do you need to know when evaluating coverage?

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