Rivial’s Cybersecurity blog

The Savvy CISO

Cybersecurity management insights, tips, and trends for security leaders, CISOs, vCISOs, and MSSPs who want to work smarter, not harder.

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PCI DSS Compliance Checklist & Requirements

What is PCI DSS 4.0? The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard was established in 2004 as a collection of information security standards designed to help card payment processors secure their customers’ data and reduce credit card fraud.

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How Encryption Helps to Keep Your Data Secure

Often referred to as disk encryption, this keeps data safe by encoding all storage drives on a computer into ciphertext. You can encrypt hard drives...

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4 Steps for Handling HIPAA Violations

In a recent post, we covered HIPAA Compliance, and everything your business needs to know if it is handling any kind of data related to patients...

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GDPR vs. CCPA Comparison

The General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Protection Act, GDPR and CCPA respectively, are two landmark judgments passed in...

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FinTech Risk Management Framework & Regulation

Financial technology companies, more commonly referred to as FinTechs, are now facing potential disruption risk from industry regulators. The key to...

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What Does A Firewall Protect Against?

When you first start getting serious about data security for your business, many suggestions will be made to help you defend things like your...

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Data Breach Statistics to Know for 2023

People rarely like to talk about data breach statistics because the breaches themselves can be so detrimental to a company. In fact, they can harm...

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7-Step Audit Checklist for 2023

By nature, an audit is an independent activity by a person or team that can present objective findings and make recommendations for corrective...

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New NCUA Exam Prep

A couple of months ago, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) released its new Information Security Exam framework that they planned to...

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The Role of Cybersecurity Insurance in Risk Management

What is Cybersecurity Insurance?

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