Consumer Perception of Card Security

July 3, 2009

There are few things that I enjoy more than data. As such, I am delighted when a press release, or analyst report, is announced that not only provides summary information but also detail on the methodology that was used and data that was obtained. Just such an occurrence happened today…
The Secure POS Vendor [...]

Customer Interaction: a rant and bit of introspection

June 12, 2009

It has been one of those days…and, as such, please consider this fair warning that this post is going to begin with a bit of a rant.
I fly…frequently*…and have tended to utilize a single carrier (as mentioned in the asterisked section in yesterday’s post). Because of schedule**, I flew a different carrier for this [...]

Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009: a discussion of commodity

May 22, 2009

NOTE: This will be first in a 3 part series on this topic.
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As is my want, reading the extensive online analysis of H.R. 627 has caused my brain to wander off in strange tangential directions. This post started as a mini-rant and has turned into something much longer and more in-depth. As [...]

Payments Basics: Commerce Security Fundamentals

July 21, 2008

Very complex, detailed content.  Whets the appetite for more.

It is probably best to start this post with a disclaimer.  I am not a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). . .I do not sit on the PCI Security Standards Council. . .Rather, I am only one of the many voices discussing the importance of PCI-DSS and PA-DSS.  [...]

Payment Processing Made Easy: an article

June 3, 2008

In advance of the training event, referenced below, Destination.net author Shari Gould has written an article entitled Payment Processing Made Easy.  The article itself, located here, is an excellent primer of the material that I will be covering in the event.
There are several quotes in the article that I find particularly compelling:

You were probably [...]