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Ok, I promised you guys that it was time to ramp back up, and I’m not kidding. It’s been a great first half of the year. I’m lucky enough to have accomplished some pretty awesome things, I’ve learned a ton, and I’ve been able to get closer to some of you as a result. So what has been big this year so far? Few conferences, some travel, and breaches! Here’s what you guys liked the most from January to May. How Starbucks is Revolutionizing Mobile (Micro) Payments. This one was pretty popular last year, and it is still making waves in 2014—by almost a factor of three. You know how you see those crazy fools that pass their phone in ...

At some point in every bloggers life, they get distracted or burned out. Well, it happened to me—the last six months had me with a little bit of both. I’m finally climbing out of my backlog a bit and I have a few news items for you. You will find me at a few shows throughout the rest of the year. Unfortunately, I will be missing one of my favorites, BSidesDFW. I’m bummed, but I’ve got a fun trip planned in its place. In lieu of that, I will see you at a the CircleCityCon, PCI Community meeting, BlackHat, MWAA, MasterCard ARM, and WSAA. Come say Hi! We’re wrapping up the final changes to the PCI Compliance, 4e manuscript right ...

It’s been an interesting year, but now we can welcome 2014 with wide open arms! It’s already shaping up to be both a busy and interesting year, but let’s take a moment to look back at 2013 and talk about the top posts! How Starbucks is Revolutionizing Mobile (Micro) Payments. This one was pretty popular last year, and it is still making waves in 2014. You know how you see those crazy fools that pass their phone in front of some magical sensor at Starbucks and never seem to pull out their wallet, yet walk away with coffee? That is really part of a huge master plan to reduce the impact that payments has on the organization. Check out the ...

Again, with the forgetting of the months. So what was popular in September and October? Wow, lots of crazy stuff. First, we had the PCI Community Meeting for North America in Vegas. My company threw a great party on Wednesday night, and given it is a release year there was a ton of activity around the event. I would argue that not nearly enough time was spent on the Q/A portion (1 hour each day for 2 days). Then we had RSA Europe in Amsterdam and the PCI EU meeting in Nice. Josh Corman gave a great keynote at RSAC reinvigorating the focus on DevOps and information security. I also gave a talk on leveraging Lean & Kanban in information ...

You forgot a month, yo! Yeah, sorry about that. So what was popular in July and August? It’s summer, but you know it’s been pretty mild over here! I’ve been traveling again as I have a new gig, and I met all of my classmates again as we are aiming to accelerate our programs (right now, I’m two quarters ahead!). It’s the kickoff of fall conference season soon, so I hope to see you guys on the road. Here are the five most popular posts from the last two months: How Starbucks is Revolutionizing Mobile (Micro) Payments. Guys, something is going on here. I don’t know if there is just a heavier push to mobile right now or what, but ...

Next week many of us descend into the hotness that is Vegas in July/August to head to BlackHat, BSidesLV, and Defcon. I’ll be there for BlackHat and hope to see you too! I’m available to catch up on Wednesday and Thursday. And don’t forget, that while one conference is in full swing, others are getting geared up. Have you submitted your RSA Conference 2014 proposals yet? They are due Friday (unless the deadline is extended, which it usually is)! I’ve got a few that I am working on, so hopefully the committee will see fit to have a couple added to the program. And don’t forget that we have the PCI Community Meeting in a couple of months as well. ...

Why not use that awkward day between a holiday and the weekend to discuss what was popular in June? Summer is here, and boy does it show. No, not the heat, the amount of geopolitical events we had last month (and this one)! The PCI Council seated its new Board of Advisors last month, I wrapped up another quarter of school, and I got to tour some awesome behind the scenes stuff at my home airport. Here are the five most popular posts from the last month: The Only Customer Service Script You Will Ever Need. OK, maybe it’s a sign that I have hit on a few key points. Four of the five here are bigtime repeat customers. Is ...