Do you have an application security visibility problem?

How much does your organisation know about the security of the applications it runs and develops? We look at 4 causes of application security visibility problems, in order to protect against vulnerabilities that could put your data at risk.

Posted in Security Awareness, Security Management, Security Strategy on Jun 28, 2016

Organisation-Wide Application Security Buy-In

3 Steps to Organisation-Wide Application Security Buy-In. Application security affects everyone in your organisation.

Posted in Security Awareness, Security Management on Jun 23, 2016

Conducting a Secure Code Review

With new application security risks emerging all the time, it is vital that your dev team starts to make application security as much of a priority as functionality

Posted in Implementing Security, Security Strategy, Security Testing on Jun 03, 2016

How to Respond to Vulnerability Disclosures

In the last couple of years there seems to have been an ever-growing number of high-profile vulnerability disclosures: Heartbleed, GHOST, Shellshock. High-profile vulnerabilities like these shine a spotlight on application security.

Posted in Security Management, Security Strategy on Jun 01, 2016

Achieving PCI compliance with a third-party service provider

If you’re working with a third-party service provider, remember it’s still the responsibility of your organisation to ensure that your customers’ data is handled in compliance with PCI DSS standards.

Posted in Security Management, Security Strategy on May 27, 2016

Tips for Implementing Two Factor Authentication (2FA)

Password security isn’t enough to protect your organisation. To secure your data, and ward off attack, it’s time to roll-out two factor authentication. Today, we’re looking at 5 helpful tips for implementing safe and secure two factor authentication.

Posted in Implementing Security on May 17, 2016

How to Sustain PCI Compliance

Once they’ve achieved PCI DSS compliance, many companies see that as a box ticked that they don’t need to think about for another 12 months. But PCI standards should be adhered to 24/7/365.

Posted in Compliance on May 05, 2016

Avoid 5 common pci compliance mistakes

Adhering to a highly-prescriptive technical standard aimed at securing cardholder data and preventing payment card fraud.

Posted in Security Strategy, Software Development on May 03, 2016

How to Ensure Rush to Release Doesn’t Compromise Application Security

A study by the Ponemon Institute revealed that 58% of respondents believed their organisations are under pressure to release new apps quickly, so how can your organisation meet release pressures without compromising your security?

Posted in Software Development on Apr 28, 2016

Busting 5 Myths of application security

Busting 5 common myths about application security, to help your organisation protect its sensitive data.

Posted in Implementing Security on Mar 30, 2016