PCI DSS: No Angel, But Certainly Not the Devil

We will briefly counter his objections as well as remind everybody that yearning for pre-PCI world is reckless and dangerous, since for many organizations “PCI level” of security is way above their current posture, however unbelievable it may sound to security literati.

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IG: Interior fails to comply with FISMA again – FierceGovernmentIT

The Department of the Interior has once again failed to comply with the Federal Information Security Act in fiscal 2009, the department’s inspector general said last week. A new IG report blamed a decentralized organization structure, fragmented IT governance processes, lack of oversight, bureau resistance to departmental guidance and use of under-qualified personnel to perform significant IT securities duties.

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