Neil MacLeod

PCI DSS 101 -All The Background You Need For Understanding The PCI DSS - Part 2

This is the second of a two part article intended to provide a backgrounder in understanding the PCI DSS. See Part 1 for the following • What is it, and why is it important? • The 12 Point PCI DSS • So who exactly is subject to the PCI DSS? Sounds ... Read >

PCI DSS 101 -All the background you need for understanding the PCI DSS - Part 1

What is it, and why is it important? The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard was designed as a comprehensive list of best practice measures and processes for handling, processing, storing and transmitting payment card data. The PCI DSS was... Read >

Device Hardening, Vulnerability Scanning and Threat Mitigation for Compliance and Security

All security standards and Corporate Governance Compliance Policies such as PCI DSS, GCSx CoCo, SOX (Sarbanes Oxley), NERC CIP, HIPAA, HITECH, GLBA, ISO27000 and FISMA require devices such as PCs, Windows Servers, Unix Servers, network devices such as fir... Read >

The Top Ten of Audit and Event Log Monitoring

Event Log, Audit Log and Syslog messages have always been a good source of troubleshooting and diagnostic information, but the need to back up audit trail files to a centralized log server is now a mandatory component of many governance standards. Contemp... Read >

PCI DSS Compliance in 2010

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS, is still confusing for card payment merchants in 2010. A recent survey of PCI DSS knowledge and understanding revealed the following facts • 35% of retail/hospitality/entertainment orga... Read >

What can sales people learn from the Coalition Government?

The forming of the first coalition government for sixty five years has given salespeople the opportunity to learn from an unusual source. When Clegg and Cameron first started negotiating there were some significant differences between them, how often i... Read >

The HITECH Act and HIPAA - What does it mean for IT Professionals?

The Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health (HITECH) act really does 'up the ante' for HIPAA enforcement. In theory Health organizations have had to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) since ... Read >

Is Social Networking Having an Adverse Effect on the Sales Profession?

With the massive growth of sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, My Space, and You Tube, are we in danger of instigating a gradual loss of the skills and competencies that are vital to a successful salesperson? As with all technological developmen... Read >

The Best Site To Search and Compare For Car Repair Centers and Prices In the UK

There is one true commandment that applies to everyone that owns an automobile. Regardless of what type of vehicle you have, a Ford Pinto to an Audi S8, they all require standard maintenance in order for them to run properly. Often times when it comes ... Read >

Nostradamus Cryptographic Techniques and Prophetic Content in British History.

There are many events in British history that we can see applied to Nostradamus' prophecies. Nostradamus was an important prophet of his time and a writer. He created a book based solely on prophecies he had. Today there are many individual's who are s... Read >

Ways to Deal with your Debt

This can be a problem in any family. We all experience this once in our life and sometimes there is just no getting out of it. You get yourself in so much debt that you can just keep your chin above water and make ends meet. It is the worst experience eve... Read >

Andean Archeology Revisited

The remnants of a culture are the only way we can ascertain what has taken place before us. While history, anthropology and archeology are all studies on the past there is also much conjecture surrounding the items found. When you consider Andean Archeo... Read >

An Excellent Way to Take Your Business to the Next Level

Statistics have proven that over ninety percent of small businesses fail within the first year. In the next five years another five percent of the businesses close down. These are alarming statistics for any one who has a small business. All of the sm... Read >

Numerous Benefits of Having Smoke Free Environments

There are numerous benefits to both pubs and restaurants since the smoking ban has been put into affect in the United Kingdom. Many pubs and restaurants were worried that the smoking ban would cause a loss of customers but in fact the reserve is true. ... Read >

What is in your Makeup bag ?

Cosmetics have been used for many years and decades by men and women to enhance their beauty, to hide imperfections and the signs of aging, to attract lovers and as fashion statements. While history teaches us of the natural products our ancestors used... Read >