Gary Palgon
Vice President, Product Management
nuBridges
Global Campaign Makes Stop at ISSA UK
The whirlwind global launch of nuBridges Protect™ Token Manager didn’t slow down after InfoSec. It just moved around the European continent!
More meetings with the three “P”s - press, partners and prospects (I would have mentioned analysts, but it didn’t start with a “p”), all wanting to know about how format-preserving tokenization is not only significantly reducing the scope of PCI DSS compliance. But also protects personally identifiable information such as social security numbers, National Insurance Numbers, and business-critical information such as customer lists, financial statements, payroll data and so on.
A little fun was had over the weekend in Brussels and Bruges and then back to work in Amsterdam for a day, three cities and two countries where I had not traveled. What a wonderful invention the train was – and so fast now, clocking in at 186 mph on the Nuvi GPS navigator.
As I sit in the airport waiting for my plane to leave (yet again), I’m looking at the pictures from last night’s Information Systems Security Association – United Kingdom (ISSAUK) annual black tie dinner. It was held at Armourers’ Hall (Armourers & Brasiers), a building much older than America and containing armor and weapons dating back to the 1500s, again much older than America (I say this twice because I was often reminded of this point:-)).
There was much discussion from all angles of information technology with the realization (and several speakers noting) that companies and government organizations must take responsibility in caring for sensitive information. Richard Stanes, the former president of ISSA UK (who lives in Kentucky now) and Sir Edmund Burton, formerly of the British Army and current Chairman of the Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC) spoke.
Bobby Conway (right), nuBridges’ EMEA Regional
Sales Manager and I at Armourers’ Hall, London, UK.
Time to board – until next time from the comfort of my office - which I haven’t seen for several weeks …
Cheers,
Gary
