PCI DSS v4.0 ROC Changes – Coming Now to an Organization Near You!
by Derek Boczenowski on August 17, 2022 at 3:30 PM
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 4.0 is here! It has been released, the documents are available publicly for anyone who would like to read them, and forms for both the 900-pound level 1 Report on Compliance (ROC) and the Self-Assessment Questionnaires …
It (Should) Be an MFA World, We Are Just Living in It
by Derek Boczenowski on March 24, 2022 at 3:15 PM
Last week I was working in front of my laptop (happily, for any Compass staff reading) when I got an incoming text message. It was from Verizon. They had received my service request and were working on it. It was quickly followed by another text saying I could check the status of my r …
Transitioning to CMMC 2.0 – The Five Stages of Grief
by Derek Boczenowski on November 10, 2021 at 2:46 PM
Late last week, the Pentagon put out a memo that stuck a knife in the heart of CMMC 1.0, to replace it with the new and shiny CMMC 2.0! CMMC is dead, long live CMMC!
The Difficulties of Remaining Compliant in the New COVID Landscape
by Derek Boczenowski on November 18, 2020 at 1:00 PM
If there is one thing that everyone can agree on in these interesting times, it is that COVID-19 has upset the apple cart in lots of different ways. Everything from school to work to social gatherings has been disrupted and changed over the last eight months, and some of these changes …
Blackbaud Breach – Time to Review Your Vendors
by Derek Boczenowski on July 29, 2020 at 1:00 PM
It has recently been reported that Blackbaud, one of the world’s largest providers of education administration, fundraising, and financial management software for nonprofits suffered a ransomware attack back in May of 2020.
CMMC – What Is It, and Why Does It Matter?
by Derek Boczenowski on June 24, 2020 at 1:00 PM
There has been a lot of discussion around the cybersecurity interwebs lately about something called CMMC. CMMC stands for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, which sounds super fancy and important, but what does it really mean?
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