Tag: PCI DSS – Threat Stack

MineralTree Achieves PCI Compliance With Threat Stack

by Kevin Eberman • January 9, 2017
posted in Compliance & Customer Requirements, Customer Viewpoints

Compliance processes have a reputation for being expensive, time-consuming, and fraught with difficulties — and sometimes certifications are looked upon with skepticism. However, most of the PCI requirements are common sense, best practices that any organization that is concerned with security should adopt. At MineralTree, we use Threat Stack to mitigate security threats. Additionally Threat Stack helps us adhere to PCI requirements and document our compliance.

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The Ultimate Compliance Cheat Sheet: A Wrap Up of Threat Stack’s Cloud Compliance Series

by Anthony Alves • October 7, 2016
posted in Compliance & Customer Requirements

We write about compliance (and talk to customers about it) pretty regularly, and if you’ve been following our blog over the last two months, then you know we also just did a full series on the topic. In addition, we released the The Threat Stack Compliance Playbook that’s full of practical information you can use to help your company achieve compliance without losing your sanity.

Allocating Resources for a Compliance Audit: A Practical Framework

by Anthony Alves • October 6, 2016
posted in Compliance & Customer Requirements

When companies prepare to meet compliance, whether it’s PCI DSS, HIPAA, or SOC 2, one thing that can be estimated inaccurately is the stakeholders who need to be involved — who they are, what departments they come from within your organization, what their roles are, what knowledge and skill sets they require, how long they’ll be needed, etc. This post is intended as a practical guide to help you develop a thorough and realistic resource plan for your next compliance audit.

When is Good Enough Good Enough? Meeting Compliance Without Losing Your Mind

by Anthony Alves • September 30, 2016
posted in Compliance & Customer Requirements

Have you heard one about the bear and the two hikers?

A bear jumps out of the bush and starts chasing two hikers. They both start running for their lives, but then one of them stops to put on his running shoes.

The first hiker says, “What are you doing? You can’t outrun a bear!”

The second hiker replies, “I don’t have to outrun the bear; I only have to outrun you!”

Compliance works in a similar way. You don’t need to be the most compliant company; you just need to meet the requirements well enough to satisfy regulators, auditors, customers, and stakeholders. And, ideally, you want to be more compliant than your competitors. That’s how you outrun the bear (err… win the customer.)

Budgeting for a Compliance Audit: A Practical Framework

by Anthony Alves • September 21, 2016
posted in Compliance & Customer Requirements

Companies can easily underestimate the investment required to meet compliance. Thinking compliance is a one-and-done activity that you can skate by with minimal spend only sets you up for unpleasant surprises later on. Compliance can be a long, drawn-out process, involving everyone including HR, finance, security, and leadership. So it’s important to look at all the costs up front in order to set aside a realistic budget.

A good way to approach compliance is to treat it like a new product launch. You’ll need a dedicated project team, new technology, a reasonable budget, and more to get it off the ground.

The Impact of the Cloud’s Shared Responsibility Model on Compliance

by Anthony Alves • September 1, 2016
posted in Compliance & Customer Requirements

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has pioneered the Shared Responsibility Model in the cloud. Basically, this model outlines how cloud service providers and consumers of these cloud-based services should share responsibilities when it comes to ensuring security in the cloud. AWS and other cloud service providers (CSPs) are responsible for ensuring that cloud infrastructure is secure. Meanwhile, companies (those using the cloud services) are responsible for their data, networks, applications, and operating systems — anything they own that lives in the cloud.

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