Acknowledgments
First and foremost, the most important part: I'd like to thank my wife Olga for being my eternal inspiration for all my writing, for providing invaluable economic advice, and for tolerating (well, almost always…) my work on the book during those evening hours that we could have spent together.
Next, I'd like to specially thank Derek Milroy for his exclusive material used in Chapter 8, “Vulnerability Management,” and also for reviewing the book contents.
Also, I'd like to personally thank the following people for their contributions to the book:
■ Walt Conway from 403 Labs for his insightful example used in Chapter 3, “Why Is PCI Here?”
■ John Kindervag from Forrester Research for inventing the concept of customer data security as part of corporate social responsibility (mentioned in Chapter 15, “Myths and Misconceptions of PCI DSS”).
■ Nicolas Lidzborski from Qualys for reviewing book chapters and providing useful feedback on the book. Also, I'd like to thank Qualys for the examples used in Chapter 8, “Vulnerability Management.”
■ Angelina Ward, our illustrious Senior Acquisitions Editor, for believing that a book's second edition can be that much better than the first.
■ Matthew Cater, our Developmental Editor, for putting up with us as authors and in particular for putting up with my quirks in regards to references.
—Dr. Anton A. Chuvakin
I would first like to thank Anton for having the confidence in giving an author his first big break! Thank you for believing in me! And thank you to all of my customers, from whom I learned so much!
I'd like to dedicate this book to the fantastic staff at VeriSign that supported me before we divested:
■ Especially the PCI Practice (Steve, Rob, Matt, Gina, Greg, Jeff, JD, Christopher, Joe, Bill, Sherri, Frank, Susan, and James) for keeping the dream alive! Of course, Todd for approving my PTO requests to work on the book.
■ The Marketing, Communications, and Events teams (Ben, Melissa, Christina, Karen K., and Alex) for believing in what we do, and Karen S. for helping me to become a better blogger!
■ The Ops folks (Deb, Darlene, Alice, Channing, and Brad) who make our lives OH so much easier!
■ My homeboys (and girl) on the D-Sales team (Debbi, Amir, and Tracey)!
To Matthew Cater, our Developmental Editor, whose patience is an amazing virtue.
To my extended family (Mimi, Papa, Izzie, Tia, Uncle, Abigail, Sydney, Hank, Nono, Pop, Just Pearl, Ashy, Wade, and Tinker) for putting up with my writing schedule.
To my children, Garrett and Payton (and kitties Scooter and Vasco), for whom I live, despite missing a few of your firsts while helping someone conquer PCI DSS.
Finally to Chris, my love, my inspiration, the reason why I work so hard, so the day may come where our biggest decision is which park bench we will enjoy our lunch.
—Branden R. Williams
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