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The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4: Documentation, Compliance, and Management

The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4: Documentation, Compliance, and Management

Authored by four recognized PCI experts. It reviews detailed documentation requirements for each of the more than 400 PCI DSS requirements.

2023

Art Cooper, et al.

Art Cooper, Ben Rothke, et al.

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Jennifer Aniston doesn’t love you, Brad Pitt doesn’t need a loan, and Tsutomu Shimomura won’t help…

Everybody Lies On the Internet

Sep 10

Jennifer Aniston doesn’t love you, Brad Pitt doesn’t need a loan, and Tsutomu Shimomura won’t help…

Sep 10

Bots are spelling the demise of X

Bots from scammers and fraudsters are contaminating the platform.

Sep 8

Bots are spelling the demise of X

Sep 8

Scams are cyclical — and the resume writing coaches scam is back

It’s open season on job hunters by the resume writing coaches

Aug 12

Scams are cyclical — and the resume writing coaches scam is back

Aug 12

Information Security Industry Awards and Pay-for-Play PR: Just Say No?

If you pay for the publicity, will they come?

Jul 30

Information Security Industry Awards and Pay-for-Play PR: Just Say No?

Jul 30

LinkedIn Job Scams — the Ultimate Invisible Gorilla

Employment job scams are proliferating — be aware so as not to be a victim

Jun 26

LinkedIn Job Scams — the Ultimate Invisible Gorilla

Jun 26

You’re So Vain — why pay for a cover story about you?

The pay-for-play of the vanity press industry

Jun 17

You’re So Vain — why pay for a cover story about you?

Jun 17

Thou shalt not use the term ‘direct flight’ when you mean ‘non-stop’

Direct is not non-stop

Apr 15

Thou shalt not use the term ‘direct flight’ when you mean ‘non-stop’

Apr 15

I wrote that Facebook doesn’t care about security — I was wrong.

In 2023, I wrote that Facebook doesn’t care about security or fraud. Let me be the first to admit that I was wrong. After rethinking…

Apr 9

I wrote that Facebook doesn’t care about security — I was wrong.

Apr 9

Should you veto Credit Veto?

Because when it comes to credit repair — it is the ultimate DIY

Mar 5

Should you veto Credit Veto?

Mar 5

Making the most of your time at the RSAC Conference 2025

Going to RSAC 2025? Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Feb 24

Making the most of your time at the RSAC Conference 2025

Feb 24

Ben Rothke

Ben Rothke

Book Author

I work in information security at Tapad. Write book reviews for the RSA blog, & a Founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance and Cybersecurity Canon.

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