Requirement 1: Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data Requirement 2: Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters
PCI DSS: Overview
PCI DSS stands for Paymenet Card Industry Data Security Standard. It provides a baseline of technical and operation requirements designed to protect cardholder data. And it applies to every entities involved in payment card process – including merchants, processors, accquires, issuers, and service providers, as well as all other entities that store, process or transmit … Continue reading PCI DSS: Overview
LastPass Security Incident
I received a mail from the LastPass team Today reporting that parts of its users’ data may have been stolen recently It really scares me! As many people I know use LastPass to manage their personal password, like Email account, netbank account. There is definitely NO 100% safe place in the cyber world. Just a … Continue reading LastPass Security Incident
Nagios: Synthetic Transaction
What is synthetic transaction? Simply speaking, it is a way to check the availability of an application across network. By definition, a synthetic transaction continues an automated, self-contained set of user operations that can be excuted against a service in the same way of a real cosumer of the service operates an application. For example, … Continue reading Nagios: Synthetic Transaction
Unity 2D
I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my DELL inspiron mini 10 last night. A message poped out saying ‘The hardware does not support Unity’ when the machine rebooted after the installation finished The reason is that the Unity (the new desktop UI adopted by Ubuntu in the latest version) can only run on the supported hardward … Continue reading Unity 2D
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