Risk versus reward: Data warehouses and the cloud
It’s a popular time of the year for people like myself who publish any form of content to either reflect on the year that was or make predictions on the year that’s to be. Confidentially those are...
View ArticleMy bank card was compromised.
Two weeks ago, about two hours before departing on a long weekend trip to welcome back baseball in Florida I received an email from my bank indicating that there’s been suspicious activity on my Visa...
View ArticleCFPB: Filling the regulatory void left by Sheila Bair
I was an unabashed fan of Sheila Bair and made no secret of that fact. She was a breath of fresh air in a line of work where everything is stale and always at least a little boring. Not that Martin...
View ArticleCredit Card Breaches: The times they need a changin’
If my blogging about credit card breaches has a bit of a deja vu feel to it you’re not crazy, I last touched on it less than six months ago. Sadly I was handed a new update this week in the form of my...
View ArticleHas PayPal lost its collective mind?
I’m not much of a shopper. I decide what it is I need/want to buy, assess the market place to determine quality and price and once I have a generally strong sense for both make a decision and move...
View ArticleSecurity Standards: What’s in a name?
I had an interesting phone call recently with someone in a CISO-type position. They were looking for a consultant to help them keep a seat warm working with information security risk assessments and...
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