By Ira Winkler

I was struck by the cluelessness expressed by “vendors” with regard to their attitudes about adhering to the PCI standards. The specific article is from ComputerWorld.com

Basically the vendor statements say that adhering to PCI requirements do not help them serve their customers. This is insulting to people’s intelligence. They also claim that it doesn’t help their bottom line. The PCI group is protecting their own bottom line, not the vendors’, because clearly the vendors have caused billions of dollars of problems for their customers, banks, and credit card processors.

Given the hundreds of millions of credit cards that have been compromised due to vendor negligence, it is about time that action was taken. The opportunity for self regulation has long passed, with consumers eventually footing the bill. Fundamentally vendors have reaped enormous benefits of taken credit cards. It is now time to accept the fact that there are costs associated with all benefits.

Industry leaders join Neupart’s management team, advisory board and launch educational series

By Jim Reavis (Shameless plug, but hey, it’s MY site - let me know if you want to get involved)

Seattle, WA and Copenhagen, Denmark – June 12, 2007 – Neupart A/S, an industry leading information security risk management and awareness company, today announced the expansion of North American operations and the formation of Neupart Inc, based in the Seattle, Washington metropolitan area.  The business expansion is being fueled by a growing market for security policy automation, standardization and compliance management tools, as well as by an increasing customer demand for security awareness, notification and education solutions that can be customized to meet client requirements.  Neupart’s expansion coincides with the recruitment of several industry experts and leaders to the Neupart team in the U.S.
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