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William Bell - ArticlesWilliam Bell is the Director of Security for EC Suite; a leading provider of credit card processing, affiliate management, wholesale bandwidth, content protection and other e-commerce solutions.
Firewalls: Understanding Your Network's Front Line DefenseThey are hailed as being protective and necessary, but the question is: what exactly is a firewall, and what does it do? A firewall can be either a piece of hardware that sits on the network, or it can be a software utility used on a server. Once implemented, a firewall acts as the first line of defense for your network, used to protect your information from outside threats. Securing Credit Transactions: the Pci Data Security StandardThe Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard is a list of rules that define a set of regulations for credit card security over the Internet. Representatives from several major credit companies including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB got together and formed the PCI Security Standards Council, which in turn developed the PCI Data Security Standard. Xss Unleashed: the Dangers of Cross-site ScriptingCross-site scripting attacks happen over the web, when malicious code is inserted into web forms and HTML pages where it would otherwise not appear. They can be used to steal confidential user information, misdirect users to illegitimate sites, corrupt database tables, or gain control of systems. Attacks can be carried out secretly without users even realizing it, and by the time holes are found and patched, it may already be too late.
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