Cybersecurity Expert

I have written the following article for IBM which was published on IBM's DeveloperWorks A developer's guide to complying with PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 6 (website) A developer's guide to complying with PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 6 (PDF) The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a highly prescriptive technical standard, which is aimed at the protection of debit and credit card details, which is referred to within the payments industry as cardholder data. The objective of the standard is to prevent payment card fraud, by securing cardholder data within organizations that either accept card payments, or are involved in the handling of cardholder data. PCI DSS consists of 12 sections of requirements, and usually responsibility for compliance rests with IT infrastructure support. PCI DSS requirement 6, however, breaks down into 28 individual requirements, and sits squarely with software developers involved in the development of applications that process, store,...

From the very first moment gamers played online, their accounts have been targeted by hackers. But hacking gamer accounts is no longer just about revenge and community kudos. There is serious money to be made from stealing access to gamer accounts, ranging from selling virtual gaming items and gaming currency for real money, to stealing bank account & credit card details. It is a subject I have touched upon several times over the years: How to keep your Final Fantasy XIV Online Account Safe & Secure PlayStation Hack: PSN Gamers Security Help Is Club Penguin Safe for my Child? World of Warcraft: Does the Internet have controllable Borders? Last year's launches of Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PS4 consoles, have swelled the number of online gamers into millions, so is gamer security a problem that is set to raise?  Yes, and no, I think online console gaming security has improved in recent years, as Microsoft and Sony understand a secure online gaming network...