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MITRE ATT&CK Matrix with CIS Controls and Tripwire Mapping

It’s not enough to cast a wide cybersecurity net and hope you catch the adversaries trying to compromise your data. Instead, you need to narrow your focus to make your efforts truly impactful. But which of the countless potential cybersecurity attacks out there should you choose to prioritize? MITRE’s Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) Framework and the Center for...
Compliance
CIS Controls
Datasheet

Automating FISMA Compliance with Tripwire Security Configuration Management

FISMA requires federal agencies, and by extension, the foundations, educational institutions, organizations that receive federal funds as well as the contractors that do business with them, to develop, document, and implement information security programs to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data and systems that support government operations and assets. In meeting...
Compliance
FISMA
Datasheet

Balancing Compliance with Security

There is a misunderstanding that if you are compliant, you are secure. This isn’t the case. For example, adhering to PCI DSS v4.0 will only allow you to tick the box to say you are PCI compliant in that moment. It gives you a snapshot in time of where you are in your compliance journey. But it won’t prevent your company from suffering a breach—along with incurring fines and reputational damages...
Compliance
Case Study

Payment Processor for Businesses

As a recognized leader in the payment processing sector, this company offers its clients hundreds of secure payment methods across multiple platforms, around the globe. Onan average day it processes tens of millions of mobile, online and in-store transactions in 100+ currencies. After experiencing a security incident that was quickly contained, the company took the opportunity to revamp its...
Compliance
PCI DSS
Case Study

Security and Compliance in Federal Agencies: 3 Tripwire Use Cases

Use Cases Ensuring compliance and minimizing Automating manual tasks and enhancing breach detection Monitoring critical assets in the public cloud Tripwire understands the security demands faced by federal government agencies. Security decision makers at these agencies aren’t only tasked with securing operations in a complex threat landscape—they also have to prove regulatory...
Compliance
Case Study

Tripwire and Astro Making Best Practices a Daily Show

Assessing and managing vulnerabilities is a core cybersecurity practice, but it can put a heavy strain on IT security and operations teams. In many cases, introducing vulnerability management as a service is what’s necessary to overcome the challenge of accumulating vulnerabilities across complex IT environments—especially when time and resources are limited. This was the case for one mid-size U...
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Mon, 08/15/2022
Compliance frameworks are notoriously dense and complex, making them difficult to put into action. Compliance is also time-consuming—especially if you’re still attempting manual configuration of your systems, applications, databases and cloud assets. Manual configuration is error-prone and immediately out of date the moment an assessment ends. And a lack of compliance can result in failing audits,...
Compliance
CIS Controls
NIST
PCI DSS
PCI 4.0: The wider meanings of the new Standard
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PCI 4.0: The wider meanings of the new Standard

By David Bruce on Wed, 07/06/2022
The new PCI DSS Standard, version 4.0, contains all the steps, best practices, and explanations required for full compliance. In fact, even an organization that does not process cardholder data could follow the PCI Standard to implement a robust cybersecurity program for any of its important data. In our series about how the new standard differs...
Compliance
PCI DSS
What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 10, 11 and 12
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What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 10, 11 and 12

By David Bruce on Wed, 06/29/2022
As we continue our review of the 12 Requirements of PCI DSS version 4.0, one has to stop and consider, is it possible to have a favorite section of a standard? After all, most guidance documents, as well as regulations are seen as tedious distractions from the importance of getting the job done. However, depending on a person’s position and function...
Compliance
PCI DSS
What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
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What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

By David Bruce on Wed, 06/22/2022
In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed the first four sections of the new PCI standards. As we continue our examination of PCI DSS version 4.0, we will consider what organizations will need to do in order to successfully transition and satisfy this update. Requirements 5 through 9 are organized under two categories: Maintain a Vulnerability...
Compliance
PCI DSS
What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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What you need to know about PCI 4.0: Requirements 1, 2, 3 and 4.

By David Bruce on Tue, 06/14/2022
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has released its first update to their Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) since 2018. The new standard, version 4.0, is set to generally go into effect by 2024, but there are suggested updates that are not going to be required until a year after that. This, of course, creates a couple of problems...
Compliance
PCI DSS
Dynamic Duo
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PCI DSS 4.0 and ISO 27001 – the dynamic duo

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Wed, 04/27/2022
It’s not often we can say this, but 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting time in information governance, especially for those interested in compliance and compliance frameworks. We started the year in eager anticipation of the new version of the international standard for information security management systems, ISO 27001:2022, soon to be followed...
Compliance
PCI DSS
PCI DSS 4.0 is Here: What you Need to Consider
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PCI DSS 4.0 is Here: What you Need to Consider

By David Bruce on Tue, 04/26/2022
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a benchmark with tenure in the industry, with the first version being introduced in 2004. The PCI DSS was unique when it was introduced because of its prescriptive nature and its focus on protecting cardholder data. Cybersecurity is a changing landscape, and prescriptive standards must be...
Compliance
PCI DSS
How to Fulfill Multiple Compliance Objectives Using the CIS Controls
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How to Fulfill Multiple Compliance Objectives Using the CIS Controls

By David Bisson on Tue, 01/18/2022
Earlier this year, I wrote about what’s new in Version 8 of the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). An international consortium of security professionals first created the CIS Controls back in 2008. Since then, the security community has continued to update the CIS Controls to keep pace with the evolution of...
Compliance
CIS Controls
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 14: Security Awareness and Skill Training

By Andrew Swoboda on Wed, 12/08/2021
Users who do not have the appropriate security awareness training are considered a weak link in the security of an enterprise. These untrained users are easier to exploit than finding a flaw or vulnerability in the equipment that an enterprise uses to secure its network. Attackers could convince unsuspecting users to unintentionally provide access...
Compliance
CIS Controls
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 13: Network Monitoring and Defense

By Lane Thames on Wed, 12/01/2021
Networks form a critical core for our modern-day society and businesses. People, processes, and technologies should be in place for monitoring, detecting, logging, and preventing malicious activities that occur when an enterprise experiences an attack within or against their networks. Key Takeaways for Control 13 Enterprises should understand that...
Compliance
CIS Controls
CIS Controls v8
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CIS Control 12: Network Infrastructure Management

By Lane Thames on Wed, 11/24/2021
Networks form a critical core for our modern-day society and businesses. These networks are comprised of many types of components that make up the networks’ infrastructure. Network infrastructure devices can be physical or virtual and include things such as routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points. Unfortunately, many devices are...
Compliance
CIS Controls
How Achieving Compliance with PCI DSS Can Help Meet GDPR Mandates
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How Achieving Compliance with PCI DSS Can Help Meet GDPR Mandates

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Sun, 11/14/2021
Data security and privacy are today a prime focus for most organizations globally. While there have been several regulations and standards introduced to improve data security, the evolving landscape makes it challenging for organizations to stay compliant. For many organizations, GDPR and PCI DSS are the first topics that come to mind when privacy...
Compliance
PCI DSS