Above and Beyond PCI Compliance

In late June 2011, Citigroup reported that $2.7 million was stolen from several hundreds of thousand accounts. Do you think Citigroup was PCI compliant? Yes, Citigroup is PCI Compliant. PCI Compliance does not mean hacker proof. It just means a higher level of...

Log file monitoring and management

Would it make sense for some one to tell you a building was being kept secure from trespassers; yet, as you watched, over time, you didn’t see anyone on foot patrolling the area (inside or out), did not see anyone watching monitors (where there even cameras...

PCI Compliance – A dance with multiple partners

More and more merchants are being faced with the requirement to be PCI Compliant in order to avoid recurring banking fees that increase like a snow ball that starts off very small at the top of a hill, and eventually is large enough to knock down a house by the time...

The importance of keeping WordPress and plugins up to date

WordPress and the various plugin authors update their software on a regular basis. Sometimes this can be weekly, and other times once or twice a year. If you host a WordPress site with us, you should make a good habit of logging into your WordPress administrator area...