MASA Program Introduction
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MASA Program Introduction

Leviathan is excited to announce our new Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA) portal and service that allow Android App developers to quickly engage and complete MASA assessments and be certified within the Google Play Store.

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Leviathan Security Group Offers Pre-Draft Comments on NIST SP 800-66, Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule
Risk Advisory Wendy Everette & James Bohem Risk Advisory Wendy Everette & James Bohem

Leviathan Security Group Offers Pre-Draft Comments on NIST SP 800-66, Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule

Leviathan submitted general comments on what Revision 2 should cover, as well as specific feedback on updates needed to the standard, which was first published in 2008. As readers will be aware, a lot has changed in that time, including the explosive growth in cloud computing and Software As a Service (“SaaS”) tools.

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Common Security Certifications & Audits: A Review of Some Standard Security Certifications for SaaS Vendors
Wendy Everette Wendy Everette

Common Security Certifications & Audits: A Review of Some Standard Security Certifications for SaaS Vendors

SaaS companies can demonstrate their security maturity level in a few ways, including through the use of one or more standardized security audits and certifications. While compliance is certainly not the totality of security, audits can demonstrate a certain level of organizational maturity and require evidence of some security safeguards; in other words, they show that someone is likely meeting a minimum bar of security best practices, but they do not demonstrate “unhackability” (and indeed, nothing can).

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