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What was popular in February, now a few days late? If you missed RSA Conference this year in San Francisco, you missed a conference full of people charged with defense. Forget the buzzwords you heard and focus on where we are going as an industry. HOW EXCITING! Check back later this week for a post that has my presentations from RSAC. Here are the five most popular posts from the last month: How Starbucks is Revolutionizing Mobile (Micro) Payments. For the second month in a row, this post is DOMINATING the stats. 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, ...

What was popular in January, a special SuperBowl Edition! The big game is over, and many of us are pouting until August because of the lack of NFL action. Or at least we’re watching reruns on the NFL network on Sundays until we can flip over to NASCAR and root for crazy (but survivable) crashes. January was a busy month for security professionals! We saw new, game changing products released and we’re all gearing up for RSA Conference at the end of this month. Here are the five most popular posts from the last month: How Starbucks is Revolutionizing Mobile (Micro) Payments. You know how you see those crazy fools that pass their phone in front of some magical sensor ...

What was popular in November? It was the month of the mustache! Ron Burgundy and Ron Swanson certainly set the bar; how did you fare? We saw the kickoff of the retail rush here in the west as well as some interesting new developments on both the virtualization  and the game theory fronts. Here are the five most popular posts from the last month: PCI Compliance Book Giveaway! Did you get your story in? Probably not as we only had four stories to choose from! We did pick a winner, and will be announcing soon. PCI Council Releases Risk Assessment Guidelines. Its the latest output from the 2011-2012 SIGs and it’s available for you! Go see why this may or ...

What was popular in September? Well, we certainly couldn’t get enough of the new iPhone (and by the way, I think Samsung’s commercials are ABSOLUTELY GENIUS!). We enjoyed cooler weather for all, and a fantastic Oktoberfest. We had the PCI North American Community Meeting kick off a whole new round of discussions on everything that is right (and wrong) with PCI DSS. Oh yeah, and good ol’ Brando forgot to renew the domain, so the site was down for a couple of days. It’s back up now, so we can all rejoice and be glad. Here are the five most popular posts from the last month: PCI DSS Feedback 2012. The Council released some highlights from the feedback process including ...

What was popular in August? We sure had our fair share of speculation on Apple products including a big settlement that could have lasting effects on the mobile device industry. We had a new OS released (with a ton of side effects). RSA China came and went (one of the more challenging speaking gigs I’ve ever had), and RSA 2013’s CFP closed. And while summer is winding down, it’s clear that infosec is not done for 2012! Here are the five most popular posts from the last month: Mountain Lion Troubles and Solutions. In a departure from the norm, the top post this month is all about Mountain Lion. Some folks had no problems, others like me had massive issues. ...

What was popular in April? We had Facebook all over the news with its billion dollar purchase of Instagram (do the math, $1B with 23 employees = some rich dudes) and IPO announcement, the Call for Papers for RSA Europe opened, and the security conversation seems to be continuing its momentum from RSA US! Here are the five (ignore the first one) most popular posts from last month: RSA Conference 2012, Are You Ready? OK, you guys, for real. I finally figured out why this was the most popular post. Barney Stinson is the reason. Go look at it and you will know why (and the search term that is somehow leading all kinds of unsuspecting people here). So I’m ...

What was popular in January? We’re already one month down in this new year and most of us have our sites set on RSA Conference in three weeks. Let’s talk infosec! Here are the five most popular posts from last month: Myth Busting with Ben Tomhave and Corporate Responsibility with Ben Tomhave took the top two spots this month. Ben Tomhave and I got into a fun discussion over Twitter that ended up going in two directions. First, can merchants self-assess, negating the need for a QSA-lead merchant assessment? Intelligence Driven Security. The latest Security for Business Innovation Council report is out, and one key indicator is that we have tuned our systems to support compliance, not security. Read this ...

What was popular in November? It looks like retail is having a good time, and we added jobs and reduced unemployment while a major airline declared bankruptcy. Here are the five most popular posts from last month: Attack the Humans First. For the second month in a row, this one took the top spot! The attackers are changing, and we’re not changing fast enough to combat them. Check out this post that goes through the human element of information security. Where is your Chaos Monkey? This one is in the top five for the second month in a row as well. Netflix has one, where’s yours? PCI DSS Feedback Period Begins Today! Everyone has an opinion about PCI DSS, so ...

What was popular in September? The PCI Community Meeting in Scottsdale was one big highlight! I spent a week in AZ dealing with all manner of PCI-related topics. And we also saw Oracle’s CSO go out on a limb she probably shouldn’t have, especially in light of the MySQL defacement that happened last week. Be sure to check out all my “Conversation” interviews! Here are the five most popular posts from last month: PCI Community Meeting Day 1 Observations. This month is all about PCI, and specifically the community meeting and things leading up to and following. What was Day 1 like? Check this post for a preview of the social-media heavy meeting! PCI Community Meeting 2011, That’s A Wrap. ...