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 [...]

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 [...]

As I mentioned Monday, I spent the last few days at the PrePaid Card Expo in Las Vegas. The PrePaid segment has always been rather intriguing to me.  The "bucket" of PrePaid encompasses a vast range of implementation and workflows.  There are gift cards (closed and open loop), loyalty programs, traditional stored value, programs targeted [...]