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• Across Many Borders and Time Zones. Greetings from InfoSecurity Europe 2009!

  Apr 29, 2009
  I send you greetings from the UK. At least I think that’s where I am! With just 24 hours at home between the RSA Conference in San Francisco and InfoSecurity Europe in London, I’m not sure what time zone I’m in -- PST, EST, GMT! All kidding aside, yesterday’s InfoSecurity Europe 2009 kickoff was great. Whilst (that’s how they say it here) the conference is not as big as RSA, there’s a lot more glitz and glamour in the exhibition hall - game shows, in-booth bars and any number of costumed people to get folks to stop by their booths.
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• As I Travel, So Does All My Personally Identifiable Information!

  Apr 24, 2009
  I check out of my hotel early this Friday morning and am now on an airplane headed home from the RSA Conference 2009. It was nice that I could simply leave the hotel without checking out since they are going to simply just charge the bill to my credit card. I’m hoping that my credit card number has been stored at the hotel in an encrypted state since I gave it to them on Monday.
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• The True Value of Data Protection is to ‘Let the Good Guys In!’

  Apr 23, 2009
  With data protection as one of the key challenges facing enterprises around the world, and the need to comply with critical mandates like the PCI-DSS, encryption has become a de-facto strategic weapon in organizations’ data protection arsenals.
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• We’re Movin’ On Up: Day 1 at RSA Conference 2009

  Apr 22, 2009
  While many people have noted that attendance is slightly down at the RSA Conference 2009, it definitely should be noted that the trend of the conference is all about security moving on up the stack. “Out” is the view of security only at the network and operating system (OS) layers. And “in” are the layers above - with the realization that applications must be secured as well.
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• Impressions from the Retail Executive Summit – February 2009, Carlsbad, CA

  Apr 02, 2009
  Coming back from the RES 2009 Summit, I began reflecting on the past few days of the summit where I had the great fortune to spend some quality time with the who’s who of the retail world – from VPs of IT to CIOs and CEOs for some of the world’s most famous retail brands.
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• U.S. House of Representatives Regulatory Success Gives it Credentials to Debate PCI.

  Apr 02, 2009
  April Fool’s? Not! It’s kind of funny when you think about it. The U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on April Fool’s Day to debate the merits of the Payment Card Industry’s Payment Security Standard (PCI DSS), noting that it has failed to keep consumer credit card information safe. (Source: Computer World)
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