P2PE Assessors and Participating Organizations are invited to provide feedback on the draft P2PE v3.1 Standard minor revision during a 30-day request for comments (RFC) period running from 18 May through 17 June 2021. This minor revision primarily includes updates to Domain 5 to align with the updates, as applicable, from the PCI PIN v3.1 Standard minor revision published in March 2021. Additional errata updates are also included.

At the first-ever virtual Google I/O, Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai talked about news on Workspace, quantum computing and privacy needs. Google announced new video collaboration features as part of Smart Canvas, a new set of capabilities that is part of Workspace. The keynote for Google I/O was live streamed from Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California on Tuesday, and Google executives touched on everything from new collaboration features in Workspace, to quantum computing,…

When a security breach occurs in the US today there is no single authority or national breach reporting law that needs to be adhered to, but that could change in the near future, according to a panel of experts speaking at the 2021 RSA Conference on May 18. Luke Dembosky, partner at law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, commented that the current state of breach reporting in the US is a patchwork of laws and policies that vary…

The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Android, Malware, Ransomware, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity. Figure 1 – IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed. Trending Cyber News and Threat…

This post is the first in a series on Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) and Google Cloud Platform. This post walks through planning, prerequisites and the process of deploying a SDDC with HCX in GCVE, as well as configuring a VPN gateway for initial access to the environment. Before we dive into deploying an SDDC, I want to set expectations for this blog series. My goal when working in the cloud is to create, modify…

But is the cybercrime group down for the count or laying low for now due to outrage over the pipeline attack? Image: iStock/nevarpp The ransomware group that targeted Colonial Pipeline may be regretting its attack in the wake of reprisals from both the U.S. government and the ransomware community. By hitting a critical infrastructure company, DarkSide has drawn attention to the problem of ransomware. That’s a positive step for the good guys; not so much…