A Single Partner for Everything You Need With more than 450 technology partners in its ecosystem, Optiv provides clients with best-in-class security technology and solutions that equip organizations to detect and manage cyber threats effectively and efficiently in today's growing attack surface. Optiv's Partner of the Year Awards recognize forward-thinking innovation, performance and growth, and unparalleled technology solutions.
We Are Optiv Security Greatness is every team working toward a common goal. Winning in spite of cyber threats and overcoming challenges in spite of them. It’s building for a future that only you can create or simply coming home in time for dinner. However you define greatness, Optiv is in your corner. We manage cyber risk so you can secure your full potential.
Image Blog Want to be a Great Security Leader? You Need a Great Lawyer December 06, 2017 Information security continues to evolve as a profession, and this is certainly evident in the role that legislation, privacy, third-party risk and....
Image Blog The Risk of Cryptocurrencies December 04, 2017 Cryptocurrencies are a libertarian ideal: a monetary system outside the control of big government. The modern digital world provides the necessary....
Image Blog PCI Compliance Every Day – Requirement 5 November 19, 2017 In this latest post of my PCI compliance blog series, we will explore Requirement 5, which has four distinct requirements that imply they need to be....
Image Blog PCI Compliance Every Day – Requirement 10 November 12, 2017 When people think of PCI business as usual (BAU) they do not typically see the requirements in section 10 as having much of anything to do with BAU....
Image Blog Third-Party Breaches Will Continue Until Morale Improves November 08, 2017 I have some bad news for you: breaches at third parties are not going to stop – not any time soon. Various studies show that somewhere between one....
Image Blog GDPR Part 3: GDPR and the Information Security Program November 06, 2017 In this third and final part of the series, we’ll spend some time bringing GDPR and its various requirements back into the information security....
Image Blog GDPR Part 2: The Six Information Security Pillars October 30, 2017 In this second part of the series, we will discuss Optiv’s Six Information Security Pillars for GDPR compliance. For the information security....
Image Blog GDPR Part 1: A Legal, IT, or Information Security Issue? October 24, 2017 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new regulation affecting organizations that reside in the European Union (EU) or merely transmit EU....
Image Blog PCI Compliance Every Day – Requirement 11 October 18, 2017 The most widely known requirements in PCI DSS 3.2 section 11 with a timing implication are the quarterly external and internal vulnerability scans (11....
Image Blog DDoS Threats: Are Your Third Parties Protecting You? September 24, 2017 There’s evidence that ransomware may be evolving beyond holding data hostage. In recent news, DDoS attacks were used as a threat against organizations....
Image Blog PCI Compliance Every Day – Requirement 7 August 08, 2017 This post focuses on PCI DSS requirement seven; restricting access to cardholder data and in-scope system components based on the “need to know” and....
Image Blog DEF CON is Here: A Reminder to Manage and Remediate Security Vulnerabilities of Your Third Parties July 27, 2017 Every year I like to take a look at the talks at Black Hat and DEFCON to see if there are areas of risk I need to review. This year, like others, has....