Read this expert guide to ensure your virtual environment is in compliance with PCI DSS 2.0 and avoid common errors made in the auditing process. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT. 

This document presents a reference architecture and additional controls needed to address the three cloud challenges to achieve PCI compliance. 

PCI virtualization compliance is extremely challenging, requiring organizations to not only revalidate service providers, but face ongoing operational problems that that can arise during compliance audits. In this e-guide uncover three steps you can implement to ensure the environment stays compliant over a long-term deployment. 

This exclusive report for Computer Weekly readers by Juniper Research, offers a comprehensive briefing for senior IT professionals on the opportunities for NFC mobile payment technology, markets and trends. 

The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source.    Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.” 

To protect cardholder data, organizations must take steps to meet the latest PCI compliance standards. Find out how your company can safeguard data in this step-by-step guide. 

This Article, intended to provide guidance on those issues, is divided into two parts: The "trigger" and the "legal hold." 

Check out this white paper for best practices on how to best prep yourself for the audit process - learn how to create a backup and recovery plan that includes the right audit and accountability features, discover four keys to help you on the path to compliance and more. 

This week’s Computer Weekly contains an exclusive interview with JP Morgan COO India Gary-Martin about juggling multiple legacy IT systems while keeping the merchant bank compliant. We also look at how near-field communications technology promises to revolutionise consumer spending and we ask whether 2012 could be the year that APM becomes vital? 

Access this white paper to discover 8 reasons to consider video conferencing and 12 tips for improving the success of the video conferences you hold. 

In this paper, Microsoft MVP Darren Mar-Elia provides best practices for leveraging native AD auditing. Then, he’ll discuss what auditors and compliance officers look for when it comes to examining your AD environment. He’ll also explore third-party alternatives to native auditing that greatly enhance AD auditing. Read this paper today. 

Security information and event management (SIEM) plays a critical role in meeting the requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and many other industry standards. In this paper, gain a in-depth look into the specific requirements of PCI DSS and how SIEM technologies can help achieve compliance, while reducing risk.