Author: Dan Walsh

File integrity monitoring (FIM) started back in 1997 when Gene Kim launched Tripwire and its “Change Audit” solution. Just a few years later, Change Audit became FIM; this rebranded tool worked with the 12 security controls identified in Visa’s Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP). CISP became PCI DSS 1.0, and things continued to evolve after that. Which brings us to […]… Read More

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Within the HIPAA Security Rule are Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards. These safeguards are as important to understand as they are to implement, so let’s get some clarifications for the non-initiated. Many healthcare entities and their business associates are routinely challenged with understanding and successfully implementing the technical safeguards defined by the HIPAA Security Rule. It’s been decades since HIPAA was […]… Read More

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