We are pleased to announce the availability of our latest white paper: Tokenization Guidance: How to Reduce PCI Compliance Costs. It discusses the dos and don’ts of replacing credit card data with tokens, to improve security while reducing PCI DSS auditing costs. Our primary goal was to help merchants understand how to employ tokenization to reduce PCI scope, as well as the costs of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard audits. When we read the PCI supplement on tokenization guidelines we…
As Rich announced, we are shaking up the Friday Summary a bit. We will still talk about what we are up to. And we’ll share some of our personal – possibly security related – stories in the Summary. But we will focus on fewer stories with more analysis of interesting news items. Honestly, we’ll likely sneak in security news as well – it just depends on whether we see interesting stuff.
I have a younger brother. It was just the two of us (and Mom) growing up, so I find myself ill suited to dealing with girl stuff. Thankfully the Boss is wonderful at working with the girls on how to deal with bullies/mean girls, and this physical maturation process that seems to happen to girls. One day they are all cute, young and innocent; the next day you’re shopping for bras. Thankfully the Boss handles that duty as well. I’d favor the model that is bolted onto their respective rib cages,…
Back when we started the Friday Summary the world of blogs and social media was much different. RSS feeds were the primary means by which most of us sucked down our news, and we tended to communicate through cross-blog links and comments.
As with most things, I have mixed feelings about the holidays. Who doesn’t enjoy a few days off to recharge for the end-of-year rush? But the holidays also mean family, and that’s a good thing in limited doses. I’m one of the lucky few who gets along with my in-laws. They have an inexplicably high opinion of me, and who am I to say they are wrong?
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As you may have noticed, we are pretty focused on this Securosis Nexus thing we have been working on for a while. The system is coming along great, but it’s time for us to start hammering on its content.
I have joked over the years that I’m more qualified to run security at a stadium concert than an IT shop, and it’s somewhat true. My security career started way back at the young age of 18 when I started working on the event staff at CU Boulder, and for Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC), who managed most of the Denver venues. By 21 I was running security at CU and supervising for CSC – managing or supervising sports, music, and other events ranging from under 100 people to over 100,000.…
I don’t get this #occupy stuff. Maybe that’s an indication that I’m old. Maybe it means I’m selfish. It could be a sign that I have a lot of competing priorities and they don’t leave me a lot of time. But most of all, it’s because I don’t get it. Really.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran an interesting story about a small payment processing firm that is trying to disintermediate credit card companies. But they are doing it the old fashioned way – cutting out the middleman and going direct to banks to move money for them. Dwolla is a start-up payment processor providing person-to-person payment via mobile and social media outlets. Their hook is providing payment at a substantially reduced reduced commission – just twenty-five cents ($0.25) per…
Most of the time, the words flow. I have a thought, and the next thing I know there are hundreds (if not thousands) of words on the screen. I’m a writer, so that shouldn’t be surprising. What may be surprising is that there are times I get writer’s block. Like now. At some point in the early part of the week, I get a flash of inspiration and bang out the Incite. It’s usually the easiest part of my job, but not this week.