Aren't these the same guys who sued a researcher to secure their systems? http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=blackboard+billy+hoffman&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 11:36:24AM -0600, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: | Securely handling credit card transactions earns Blackboard kudos | http://www.contactlessnews.com/library/2006/06/08/securely-handling-credit-card-transactions-earns-blackboard-kudos/ | | ... from above | | "These programs utilize the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security | standard as the foundation to assess third-party processors," he added. | "This standard ensures that all third-party processes safely and | securely store, process, and transmit sensitive credit card data across | their network infrastructures. This is the second year that Blackboard | has achieved this milestone in the payment card industry." | | ... snip ... | | couple other refs | http://usa.visa.com/business/accepting_visa/ops_risk_management/cisp.html | https://sdp.mastercardintl.com/ | | this can also somewhat be considered from the standpoint of my old | security proportional to risk posting | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001h.html#61 | | however, it can also be interpreted that "sensitive credit card data" is | represented by an infrastructure with naked and vulnerable transactions: | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm24.htm#5 New ISO standard aims to | ensure the security of financial transactions on the Internet | | i.e. that when dealing with naked and vulnerable transactions then the | overall infrastructure requires extensive armoring (as countermeasure to | attacks on naked transactions that otherwise don't have any of their own | protection) | | one might be tempted to draw an analogy with the bubble boy reference | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074236/ | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/ | | about the countermeasures needed for a boy that was w/o his own immune | system to combat attacks. | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | The Cryptography Mailing List | Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
