New consumer data privacy laws are cropping up through out the US. Just like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), these Acts force the hand of many (but not all) organizations to protect consumers’ data privacy rights. Privacy Acts aim to safeguard consumer privacy and it doesn’t just mean names and addresses, but also…
Month: November 2020
Installing Kali Linux on OCI
What is Kali Linux? Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali Linux contains several hundred tools which are geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Kali Linux is developed, funded and maintained by Offensive Security, a leading information security training company. Installing Kali…
Installing Debian on OCI
Download Debian – Go to https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/OpenStack/9.13.7-20201108/ Download debian-9.13.7-20201108-openstack-amd64.qcow2 Upload Debian to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Login to your OCI Console, for instance, https://console.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/ Go to Object Storage and pick or create a bucket Upload debian-9.13.7-20201108-openstack-amd64.qcow2 to the bucket Import Debian Custom Image – Login to your OCI Console, for instance, https://console.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/ Go to Compute -> Custom Images and click on Import Image Select Import from Object Storage…
QuickGuide: PCI Guidelines at a glance
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is an industry mandate. If your enterprise accepts credit card payments or handles payment card data, it must comply with PCI DSS. Here are the 12 key requirements set by PCI DSS – Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect data Do not use vendor-supplied defaults…