Requirements for penetration tests of DiGa APPS – Penetration test for digital health applications in the german fast-track procedure

In order to be included in the register of reimbursable digital health applications (DiGa), the fast-track procedure at the BfArM must be completed. With the Digital Supply and Care Modernization Act (DVPMG), the corresponding guideline included the requirement that company applicants must have a penetration test carried out for their DiGa application. Penetration tests: With … [Read more…]

PCI DSS 3.0 – Requirement 6.6 (WAF): Monitoring Only – “Is configured to either block web-based attacks, or generate an alert.”

Today I was working on a presentation about PCI DSS 3.0. Since a major client of me is an international payment service provider doing credit card transaction, I am quite familiar with PCI DSS 2.0. I have already read the new Standard a few months ago, but today I stumbled about an interesting sentence in … [Read more…]