The PXI standard effectively extended the speed of the PCI and PCI Express computing bus standards to instrumentation with the rugged Compact PCI mechanical form-factor. And because it was based on PCI bus technology, PXI product availability was never in doubt. PXI systems are typically based on a 32-bit bus running at 33MHz with theoretical [...]
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Origin exploit could allow hackers to hijack PCs, researchers warn
March 27th, 2013 
National Cyber Security Presenting at the Black Hat conference in Amsterdam, as reported by ArsTechnica, security experts at ReVuln highlighted a potential exploit in Origin. Essentially, the exploit could allow hackers to send your browser to an auto-download malware site when you try to launch a game – but most browsers guard against this kind of thing, and [...]
Children and the Internet – Safety Tips for Parents
March 27th, 2013 National Cyber Security Technology is no longer a luxury, but a necessity and the use of it becomes bigger and bigger part from everyone’s daily routine. We need it at work, at home, at school and almost everywhere we are. Most modern devices offer easy access to Internet – from PCs and laptops, to tablet computers, phones and [...]
Tokenization helps ShopNBC cut its PCI-compliance costs in half
March 27th, 2013 National Cyber Security TV and Internet retailer ShopNBC.com last year added tokenization, a technology that changes consumers’ payment card information into randomized codes, to its payment security strategy to make it easier for it to comply with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards—a set of rules created by payment card networks to protect cardholder data. The retailer had [...]
Becoming a malware analyst
March 25th, 2013 National Cyber Security There are few jobs in this industry that seem as appealing and interesting to me as that of a malware analyst. In my mind, these professionals were waking up each day to continue a complex game not unlike the Glass Bead Game from the eponymous novel by Herman Hesse – a pure pursuit of the [...]
PCI-DSS, security, and cloud guidelines
March 19th, 2013 National Cyber Security Thoran Rodrigues highlights some of the guidelines published recently for the Payment Card Industry (PCI), regarding standards and the public cloud. About a month ago, the PCI Security Standards Council released the PCI DSS 2.0 Cloud Computing Guidelines. The document, that can be found here, tries to show that companies can in fact be PCI-compliant [...]
Becoming PCI certified…is this within reach?
March 19th, 2013 National Cyber Security Anyone who has been involved with compliance knows that simplifying complexity is the key to maintaining a secure and compliant organization. It’s become quite apparent that sustaining compliance is a marathon, and the journey must be travelled with vigilance. This is not something that is an endpoint or a task, that once accomplished, can be [...]
PCI Compliance Designed for your Business
March 19th, 2013 National Cyber Security Trustwave helps millions of customers large and small achieve their compliance goals while building a sustainable compliance program. Select your path and we’ll show you how we can help – no matter where you are in the process. Small Business I’m new to PCI. I need help getting started. [...]
