Chris in October 2012 Issue of PenTest Magazine October 30, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: Chris Mark, credit card, mark consulting group, mastercard, PCI, PCI DSS, penetration testing, pentest, security, visa
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Check out the October 2012 issue of PenTest Magazine for tons of valuable information on the PCI DSS and how Pen Testing can be used to support compliance and validation. I have an article in the magazine titled: “Introduction to PCI DSS for the PenTester” You need to register as a user or subscribe to access the articles.
“Boo!” – October 2012 issue of TransactionWorld October 30, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: Chris Mark, Dr. Heather Mark, economics, PCI DSS, risk management, security, transactionworld
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I (Chris) am finally back in the US after traveling for the past two months. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please check out October’s issue of TransactionWorld and read articles by Chris Mark (Security Economics) and Heather Mark (Portable Security). If you don’t subscribe to TW, you should check it out. Everything you could want to know about payments. (well..not everything but quite a bit).
“Old Ironsides & The War of 1812” – 200 Years Ago Today August 20, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: barbary, HMS Guerriere, old ironshides, USS constitution, war of 1812
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Many Americans would likely be surprised to learn that the US has a ship built in 1797 that is still in active service. The USS Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides”, was launched in 1797 and fought in numerous battles and wars including the First Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Here is a previous post I wrote about the Barbary Wars.
August 19th, 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of one the battle that gave the ship her nickname. In 1812 the Constitution waged a fierce battle with the HMS Guerriere in which the Constitution was victorious and the the HMS Guerriere, too badly damaged to bring into port, was burned at sea.
“Wanna Bet?..Yup…Straight8 I wanna CombatBet!”…Now You Are Asking What the Hell? August 15, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: challenge coin, combatbet, free fall, jason swarr, Marine, MFF, Recon, security, straight8
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So I just had an opportunity to catch up with an old Marine buddy named Jason. Jason owns Straight8 Photography. He is a retired
Recon Marine and was an instructor with me at the Basic Reconnaissance Course in late 1990’s. As I am talking, he mentions that his wife owns CombatBet. I couldn’t believe it! CombatBet is the “new” challenge coin. For those unfamiliar, ‘challenge coins” have been around for years and are coins carried by people in units that identify their membership etc. (too much history to explain). Long and short, it sucks to carry 10 coins to hand out. They are also expensive and not super customizable. I have been handed a half dozen of these over the last couple of years and didn’t know who was behind them! If you are looking for either a great photo or some kick ass poker chips, you have to take a spin by Straight8 Photography or CombatBet.com…BTW…if the pic looks familiar it is Jason with his daughter and was in the scrolling credits of Act of Valor…courtesy of Straight8…
“Ruh Roh!…Google did it again!” – Admits it did not delete ‘streetview data’. July 27, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: google, google streetview, ICO, Maritime Security, MSNBC, streetview
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I what can only be described as an absolute shock (catch my sardonic humor?)…Google has now admitted that it did not delete “… all the personal data, such as emails, its Street View cars collected in Britain and other countries in 2010.”
According to MSNBC:
“The failure to comply with a promise to delete all the data was notified to Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which said the fact that the data still existed appeared to breach an undertaking signed by Google in November 2010. (more…)
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