Archive for June, 2009

Safety Third!

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Deep in thought, or distracted by a bird?

Name: Orlando Vazquez
Reason for being: just another Perl hacker
Quote to live by: Safety third!

We’ve had plenty of new faces join the Gossamer ranks in the past year, so we thought it was high time to do another one of our employee profiles!

Early speculation that Orlando was taller than yours truly turned out to be nothing but slander on the part of the office’s usual gossipers (*coughTarrincough*), but either way, there are now at least two gangly dudes in the office who love heavy metal.

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PCI/DSS – The Future of Online Payment Security

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It’s no secret that people are concerned about information security while doing business online. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is list of protective, preemptive measures enforced within organisations which process credit card payments.

So, what does PCI/DSS have to do with you?

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