Virtualization, Security and Compliance… Can they exist together?

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Politics will not Save Us

Politicians have a vested interest in the security of our personal information. With
compromises and data leakage on the rise, there is surely plenty to be astir over.
We have even seen states begin passing (more are looking) legislation around the security
of consumers. It seems like every time we turn on this news or read a newspaper it
is smashed into our psyche: visions of Paul Revere riding that night and screaming,
“Hide your data, the Hackers are coming! The Hackers are coming!”

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A Better Mouse Trap?

So, I’ve been thinking quite a bit
about PCI and what it means. Here are a few things I’m willing to put forth as statements.
Of course, I have a few unanswered questions too and I’ll put them out as well…maybe
one of our faithful readers can provide some insight.

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The Next thing…

Tickle Me Security

It seems to me that the security industry releases a new “tickle me elmo” every year.Suddenlyits
all that anyone is talking about. Never mind that you have been in business for40
years without one, but suddenlyyou are asked whyyou dont have oneby
every auditor and their mother. And of course if thats not enough, every vendor and
“security specialist” will swear up and down how you cant live without it. Suddenly
you feel like the kid without the nintendo….God I hated middle school.

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The Texas thing with PCI….

Texas passes a bill

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The Security that Fails

The one question I continually come back to in my thinking is, “why
does security fail?”

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