Now PCI DSS Certified- The INetU Gated Community Cloud™

The INetU Gated Community Cloud has passed the test! The Gated Community Cloud is now confirmed as a PCI DSS 2.0 Level 1 compliant solution.

INetU received the Report on Compliance (ROC) from our Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). In the report they evaluated our Allentown, Amsterdam and Virginia locations, including physical dedicated server hosting and the Clouds in Allentown and Amsterdam. We know how important security is to you, and we use our PCI DSS, SSAE 16 and SOC audits as an opportunity to verify that we are doing our part to provide your servers and applications in a secure environment.

INetU is able to offer a fully PCI compliant solution in our Gated Community Cloud. In addition to being certified as PCI compliant, we offer the security services needed to address the 12 requirements of PCI compliance. We can place IDS/IPS, a Web Application Firewall and Security Incident and Event Management into your Cloud environment. We can also provide vulnerability scanning and File Integrity Monitoring solutions on the Gated Community Cloud.

For more information on PCI compliance, check out some of our previous blog posts.

Obtaining HIPAA Compliance Through a PCI DSS Framework

Compliance is a hot topic in the IT industry, and for good reason. By following the rules and guidelines set forth by these compliance standards, not only do you avoid potential fines and penalties but you also are providing your users and clients the peace of mind in knowing that their data is secured. Where PCI compliance is relatively straight forward (12 controls which are easily measureable and testable) HIPAA compliance is a bit less friendly and much more vague.

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Hosting Acronyms of the Month: PCI DSS and SAS 70

When I first started working in the hosting industry I was overloaded with plenty of hosting acronyms. I’m sure that you have heard and maybe even used different hosting acronyms before… But do you know what they mean or even where these hosting acronyms stem from?

Each month I will define for you hosting acronyms. As security and compliance are becoming hotter topics; This month I wanted to introduce you to some of the basic security acronyms that are used. Hopefully this blog will be a good reference for you and will help you remember what exactly PCI DSS, and SAS 70 really mean!

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5 Essential Security & Compliance Quickies for Linux

Spend a little time working through PCI DSS and you quickly realize that much of the focus is on understanding and reducing risk. This often means efforting to keep sensitive info on a need-to-know. Here are just a few ways you can improve your Linux security:

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Upcoming PCI Changes

There is much hype around what the changes will be incorporated into this years’ revision. Much has changed since that update, including increased virtualization and cloud implementations, so the hope is that these technologies will not only get addressed, but get the fair amount of attention that they deserve.

Here are some of the topics that I expect to be announced with the upcoming release:

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