Just an extremely brief note that I have completed* an upgrade of the main blog theme this weekend.  There are a few minor cosmetic tweaks left (completing the links page, etc.) and a fair amount of behind-the-scenes work… I request that you advise me of anything that seems a bit wonky, broken, or otherwise out [...]

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 Alliance [...]

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 [...]

NOTE: This will be first in a 3 part series on this topic. * 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 such, [...]

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 [...]