Discover the most important resources of 2024 so you don’t miss out.
If you’re interested in cybersecurity or even looking to work in the industry, you’re likely consuming a lot of content to stay on top of the latest information. If this is the case, then you’re aware that not all resources are created equal, with some being more timely than others or important to read.
This year, we’ve taken the guesswork out of which resources you need to be aware of by compiling our list of the top ten resources of 2024. Check out the topics below to discover the most important resources of 2024 so you don’t miss out.
The award-winning 2024 SecurityMetrics PCI Guide is the best resource for those hoping to understand current PCI requirements. The guide covers:
What We Like: This resource includes lots of helpful visual elements for understanding PCI trends and new requirements. If you have staff who aren’t going to delve deeply into the guide (which is likely), you can always send them key images or elements from the guide that you want them to be aware of. However, if your job deals heavily with PCI compliance, you will want to be very familiar with the 2024 guide. Download the 2024 SecurityMetrics PCI Guide here.
The healthcare industry can be complicated, so it makes sense that adhering to HIPAA requirements can be difficult for hospitals and staff to understand. Luckily, the SecurityMetrics 2024 HIPAA Guide simplifies even the most complex requirements so everyone can understand and protect patient data.
The 2024 HIPAA Guide includes helpful topics such as:
What We Like: Having an easily accessible printed or electronic version of a comprehensive HIPAA security guide can be invaluable for everyone working in healthcare. Familiarize yourself and your staff with the HIPAA guide by making sure everyone has a copy and is referring to it frequently. Remember, doing a quick internet search about specific HIPAA topics may give you outdated information, and you want the latest, auditor-approved answers.
Have your co-workers or staff come to you with PCI v. 4.0 questions? You’re not alone. This is why experienced SecurityMetrics auditors collaborated to create this PCI v. 4.0 FAQ page. On this webpage, you will find answers to pretty much every frequently asked question about version 4.0. If you still can’t find the answer to your question, SecurityMetrics has a helpful white paper covering v4.0 that can be found here.
What We Like: When you have a question about PCI v. 4.0, you want answers to be both simplified and connected to helpful resources so that you can delve deeper. For every PCI v4.0 question, there is a resource that explains further how to adhere to PCI v4.0 requirements.
Is it obvious yet that there have been a lot of changes in PCI requirements in 2025? Our top webinar resource for businesses this year is the webinar “How to pass your PCI audit in 2025.” In the webinar, VP of Assessments Gary Glover and Enterprise Sales Manager Brian Cole discuss the tips and tricks you need to pass a PCI audit in 2025.
In the webinar, they cover topics like:
What We Like: PCI audits in 2025 are likely to be a big change for businesses that haven’t done proper research. Luckily, this webinar gives you the tricks of the trade you need to have a leg up on your audit in 2025. If you’d rather read a summary of the webinar than watch it, check out this blog.
Small businesses need to be more aware of PCI requirements now than ever. And yet, because SMB owners are so busy, addressing PCI typically takes a backseat to all their other priorities. This blog resource gives simple and easy-to-follow answers for small business owners.
What We Like: This blog resource is structured by requirement, ensuring SMBs get specific knowledge and answers for each requirement they have to follow. While the blog is not an exhaustive list of everything SMBs should be doing, it is an excellent place to start when beginning to implement PCI requirements this year.
If your job is in technology and/or cybersecurity, you’ve likely realized how difficult it is to stay on top of every new breach or cybersecurity breakthrough. Make your life easier by subscribing to the SecurityMetrics Threat Intelligence News Feed, and never miss an important cybersecurity notification or story again.
SecurityMetrics Threat Intelligence Center analysts monitor current cybercriminal trends to give you weekly news reports and trending threat insights straight to your inbox, including:
What We Like: SecurityMetrics analysts take the guesswork out of cybersecurity news by consistently researching and reading lots of reports and news sources to curate your weekly news report. More than just giving you access to important news, analysts will also offer valuable information about remediation and next steps so you can avoid the latest breach trends.
With deadlines for PCI DSS 11.6.1 and 6.4.3 rapidly approaching, understanding and adhering to these new requirements is crucial. In this webinar, panelists discuss:
What We Like: SecurityMetrics Podcast host Jen Stone is an expert in the new requirements and what makes them so difficult to understand and follow. This podcast succinctly explains 11.6.1 and 6.4.3 so you can meet these requirements with confidence.
Sometimes, it really is the most basic cybersecurity topics that we need a refresher on. This white paper gives you the important details of how to address vulnerability scanning so you can reach compliance goals and avoid a data breach. In this white paper, you will learn about:
What We Like: If you’re new to vulnerability scanning, you likely don’t know why you even need to begin regular scans. This white paper addresses the why, what, and how of vulnerability scanning so you can make an informed decision about which service provider you want to choose for your vulnerability scanning.
If you have ever managed a PCI audit, you’ve probably wished you had a complete timeline with individual checklist items for the entire process. The SecurityMetrics PCI Audit Timeline Checklist is an evergreen piece of content for this exact reason– people need to understand how long a PCI audit should take and what exactly is required of them during each phase.
What We Like: The beautifully designed interactive timeline checklist makes it easy to assign specific owners for each PCI task during your audit. Check off items as you complete them, and write any additional information you want recorded in the notes section of the checklist.
The SecurityMetrics Shopping Cart Inspect tool gains excellent insights into the cyber-health of different ecommerce sites. Using this valuable data, SecurityMetrics assessors have compiled the latest stats and trends they’ve witnessed during the past year of inspecting ecommerce websites.
What We Like: These trends and stats are proprietary data of SecurityMetrics, discovered during the Shopping Cart Inspect process. This means that this stats resource has data you’re not going to get anywhere else. Ecommerce website owners and staff can use these trends to see what attacks are on the rise, what vulnerabilities are most common, and more.
Training your staff to understand PCI is typically not easy and very rarely free. However, these PCI 101 videos are both very easy to understand and completely free to you. Your staff likely hate sitting through long trainings, so rest easy that each requirement video is no longer than five minutes. Still, each video covers exactly what you want your staff to understand about each PCI requirement in a visually pleasing and easy-to-understand way.
What We Like: Each requirement video features expert information given by a friendly, human face so your staff won’t zone out watching a boring PowerPoint presentation. These succinct PCI 101 videos are a great way to train everyone at your business, no matter their expertise level.
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