This week I’m in Dallas, TX and today, tomorrow and Friday I’m in CPISM Training for two days and take the CPISM exam on the last. Chris Mark is the instructor who is the same gentleman that did QSA training that I attended in San Mateo, CA. I’m looking forward to meet some more folk in the payment space as well as to learn a few new things.  Also Wish me luck on the exam

Here is a link for more info on the Certified Payment Card Industry Security Manager (CPISM)

The following are the topics that I get to refresh myself on:

• Payment card industry structure
• Payment card structure and data
• Payment card transaction processing
• Compromise fraud statistics and trends
• Merchant risk analysis
• Laws and the regulatory environment
• Payment card security programs
• Third party relationships