Compass IT Compliance Blog / Vulnerability Scanning (2)

Are You Protecting Your Attack Surface?

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Does your organization understand its attack surface? Gartner, Inc., a technological research and consulting firm, recently published the top trends in Cybersecurity for 2022, with attack surface expansion coming in at number one.

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PCI DSS v4.0 ROC Changes – Coming Now to an Organization Near You!

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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 …

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Ignorance Is Not Bliss When It Comes to Security Assessments

Ignorance Is Not Bliss When It Comes to Security Assessments

It is no surprise that bad actors constantly seek to take advantage of current events and changing circumstances to exploit vulnerabilities and gaps in the security of organizations across a myriad of industry verticals and sizes.

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Recommendations from CISA's Recent “Shields Up” Warning

Recommendations from CISA's Recent “Shields Up” Warning

On February 26th, 2022, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued immediate Shields Up actions for organizations to take in response to the ongoing conflict with Russia. The basic guidelines are as follows:

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Revisiting the Apache Log4j Vulnerability

Apache Log4j Vulnerability

By now, most are aware of the Apache Log4j vulnerability that was announced in December of 2021. The exposure is widespread in Java applications, and I have been discovering that many companies are affected by it. Remediation is imperative to ensure that attackers do not exploit affec …

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Latest Update in Vulnerabilities (SeriousSAM, PrintNightmare)

Latest Update in Vulnerabilities (SeriousSAM, PrintNightmare)

In this week's blog post, Compass IT Compliance Cybersecurity Professional Danielle Corsa analyzes several recent Microsoft vulnerabilities.

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