Tag Archives: Risk Assessment

We Need a Risk Management Tipping Point

While preparing for a keynote talk at CAMP IT that is rapidly coming up I was struggling to find the main point of my talk. I had been puzzling for several weeks, asking myself what single message I wanted to leave my audience with. I’ve been speaking for some time now about information security and […]

Are iPads HIPAA Compliant?

I hear this question very often. It is similar to the question, “Is email HIPAA compliant?” or “Are texts HIPAA compliant?” And while my gut often kicks in and I want to easily say, “No!” that is often a bad answer. Here is why. We don’t know whether something is compliant or not if we […]

UNLIMITED SECURITY BUDGETS AND PERFECT SECURITY

Perfect security is not possible, feasible nor required by law. In fact, information security laws and regulations require that we provide “reasonable and appropriate” security through a well-defined risk management process. Without a risk-based approach, organizations attempt to address information security requirements by either attempting to comply with a long list of security controls, or […]

The PCI Security Standards Council has released a new Information supplement for PCI DSS Risk Assessment Guidelines.

The PCI Security Standards Council has released a new Information supplement for PCI DSS Risk Assessment Guidelines. Organizations planning and performing a risk assessment in accordance with PCI DSS 12.1.2 can use the information supplement to help identify threats and the associated vulnerabilities that could jeopardize the security of payment card data.