New Report on Compliance (ROC) documentation requirements mean that Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) assessments will require additional effort from both merchants and Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs), so plan accordingly.

With an app and a plug-in card reader, even the smallest merchants can accept payment card transactions – but what about PCI compliance?

Yesterday on NBC's Today Show, Dell SecureWorks and CTO Jon Ramsey were asked to investigate an online real estate property scam. Watch the segment here

In Die Hard 2, a group of terrorists virtually take over an airport, knocking the legitimate air control systems offline and replicating those same systems from a different location. In this way they control the airspace over the airport and the planes in the air know nothing is wrong.

Security incidents happen. You need an effective plan to stop an incident from spreading. Eric Browning, a senior security engineer from Dell SecureWorks, discusses how organizations can prepare for success when their network is threatened.

I have been to several PCI Council community meetings now, and I am still amazed at some of the questions that are asked in the general sessions. Clearly more clarifications are needed to the PCI DSS guidelines, because a lot of folks still don't understand which requirements apply in certain situations and what controls will satisfy the intent.

Over the years we've helped hundreds of organizations with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance. Some of the common concerns we hear from organizations grappling with the standard are that they want more support from their Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), consistent advice and guidance, and a pragmatic approach to evaluate and address risks to their business.

For me, The Perfect Storm is one of those movies that, no matter what you're doing, if it's on, you end up watching all the way through. It's like watching a car wreck - you just can't take your eyes away from the disaster as it unfolds. I keep thinking about those poor guys in the boat with their fate long-since sealed, and they don't even realize it until they're in the thick of it.

I love watching home improvement shows where some experts come in for a week, transform a space or a house and then the editors condense it all down to a 22 minute episode thick with product placement and commercials. It’s not so much the content of the show that fascinates me, it’s the process. A team of experts do in one week what seems unbelievable – completely transform something from junker to jewel.

What shall we say about our final day? Work, work, work. Three projects – more digging to connect the well at El Chunko, installation of the solar powered well at the farm and chicken wrangling/delivery for the “pay-ahead” program.