Digital Money Forum – Are mobile payments a "terrorist dream" or not?December 29, 2009 – As I mention in my comment on the blog post, the concept that "identity is the new money" deserves some additional contemplation…particularly from the perspective of someone keenly interested in Federated Identity & Security Rolf Skyberg – pattern hound – [...]

The holidays are an interesting time of year… Time with family, time with friends, time to hide, time to eat (sometimes excessively), and (hopefully) time to relax. And, as a result of all of these, the sort of question that always arises when meeting those with whom I have a passing relationship: So, what do [...]

The Financial Services Club's Blog – What do bank failures look like?December 21, 2009 – More along the lines of a personal attraction to data visualization… fudsec.com – FUD and Other Sales ErrorsDecember 21, 2009 – Ha! Data Center Knowledge – Cloud Exchange: AWS Spot Prices, VisualizedDecember 21, 2009 – Beyond the intrigue of the [...]

Digital Money Forum – Over seas fraudDecember 15, 2009 Ben.geek.nz – Remember to Answer Their QuestionsDecember 17, 2009 – Simply beautiful… CloudAve – Wrapping up Defrag by looking aheadDecember 17, 2009 – Defrag is an event that I’ve heard nothing but good things about…Similar feedback to Glue. This quote from Eric Norlin, IMO, would be [...]

This post will be substantively shorter than most…it, truly, is a thought exercise. I was sitting in the office of a colleague last week and we were discussing the mantra that many of us who deal with PCI Compliance end up repeating frequently. The statement, depending on situation, goes something like: PCI Compliance is, simply, [...]