March 9, 2010
Event attendance is an intriguing experience. If you have not heard the term “backchannel”, let me explain…rather, let me link to something on the subject. Read that, or at least the intro, and return…I don’t mind waiting.
Back already?
To me the backchannel is not only enabled by technology, but occurs around coffee tables and in the [...]
March 9, 2010
Just a brief note that I will be blogging/tweeting from the Data Security Summit 2010 over the next few days…The plan, at least at present, is to tweet from the sessions and then blog in the evenings with either commentary on a theme or on a specific session.
If you are interested in following along [...]
February 20, 2010
Compliance is a topic I am fond of discussing…
Security is a topic I am passionate about…
And, yes, the two are somewhat dissimilar topics.
With the increasing importance of recognizing (and discussing) the impact of topics in security & compliance, it is intriguing to see the growth of conferences dedicated solely to the topic. Similarly, it [...]
December 16, 2009
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, a [...]
December 14, 2009
If you have been following news in the payments industry over the last week, you have (undoubtedly) heard of the announcements surrounding card acceptance from a mobile device.
In particular, there has been substantive industry buzz around the launch of the acceptance methodology offered by Square. There is already a wealth of content created that [...]