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Members Only receives a capital infusion with a DC CAPCO investment. · Jul 30, 2010
Members Only Software Inc today signed on a significant round of financing to support the development of our next generation browser-based software applications. The investment, made by Wilshire DC Partners, LLC, and Newtek Business Services Inc, will provide us with resources to build these new...
Cato Institute joins roster of Members Only · Jun 28, 2010
Today the Cato Institute took their new installation of Members Only live, joining a list of prestigious think tanks and public policy institutes, such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Democratic Institute, who rely on Members Only Software.
Personalized PROFILE PAGES in Service Pack 10 · May 1, 2010
The Personalized PROFILE view was designed specifically for those executive users who spend little time in data entry or maintenance but need quick, comprehensive, and easily readable views of members, prospects, or donors.
PCI Compliance Resource Center · Apr 8, 2010
In response to the many questions we get from organizations concerned about the challenges of Credit Card security and the card issuers' standards, we've created a new website section devoted to the issue. Be sure to check it out.
Members Only Watermarker · Feb 15, 2010
Many non-profits and associations sell information products online. How can you sell these freely over your website while discouraging widespread copying of materials that you have decided are for sale, not free distribution? The Members Only Watermarking Demon can grab the document and stamp purchaser information in it before it is downloaded!
News Archive...
Believe it or not -- more than half of all credit card thefts involve employees or business partners.
- 83% were not technologically sophisticated.
- 66% of security breaches involved data the victim did not know he had on his system.
- 87% were avoidable through the imposition of reasonable controls.
Do you have controls in place?We can provide the services you need to assure compliance with the PCI Security Standard.Be sure to visit our New
PCI
Resource Center
(statistics from the PCI Security
Standards Council)
Click
to sign up for your online demo!
Question from a
user: "
I know how to tell Members Only to insert
Mailing History records for recipients when I
do a Blast Email from the
application. But suppose I mail out hard copy
to a list of folks
in the system. How can I insert mailing history
for those?"
Learn
more:There's lots more tips in the resources
section! More
tips...
Members Only and X-Charge: A
PA-DSS Payment Solution
The major credit card brands are demanding
merchant account holders get in line with their
evolving PCI data security standard.
One way
to ease your path to compliance is to use a
payment solution that's already been deemed
secure by the PCI. That's why Members Only
now provides CAMCommerce X-Charge at the heart
of its payment strategy.
more...
Members Only with xCharge does more than
let you scan, authorize, and settle securely.
It also provides a mechanism allowing you to
retain access to credit card numbers without
storing them on your own servers.
If you've studied the PCI requirements,
you know that storing card numbers means you
need to observe the most strenuous of the
standards - to protect stored Account Number
data. Compliance becomes much less of an ordeal
if you never store this information on servers
under your control, or in a way accessible to
your staff. But if you give up access to stored
numbers, repeat credit card billings or even
routine chargebacks become impossible. Here's
where X-Charge can really help.
The
X-Charge Archive Vault stores your
cardholder data offsite, on X-Charge servers,
minimizing your exposure. Instead of storing
the account number, you store a "token"
X-Charge returns to you. This alias allows you
to recharge or credit back to that account
number, without ever pulling the full number
back onto your network. Does this meet the PCI
standard for payment applications? Indeed it
does; X-Charge is listed on the PCI Security
website as a PA-DSS compliant
application.
Of course, there is more to
compliance than selecting the right
software. The PCI standard manages to
address the entire security of your network,
from the open ports on your routers to the way
you manage your passwords. Users have been
turning to us for help in meeting these new
requirements. So we've just returned from a
two-day seminar given by PCI in Boston so we
can help the associations and non-profits we
work with get in line with these new rules.
Feel free to give us a call if you'd like to
consult further on what the payment brands are
going to be expecting from
you.
The
cloud
has been used as a symbol for public
Wide Area Networks for as long as
engineers have been drawing network diagrams.
But suddenly, there's a lot of
talk about something called Cloud Computing.
Major vendors are touting their
"cloud" offerings, while other industry
notables are raving against the whole
cloud thing. (Take a look at Oracle founder
Larry Ellison's monologue ridiculing
the entire Cloud notion, for example). So what
is the story here?
Is talk of the Cloud just the latest
marketing
buzzword to help push internet apps, or is
there really a new computing paradigm
out there you'd better learn about? more...
Recommended Reading: Fall 2010
9/01/2010 - Defending a New Domain
The Sept/Oct issue of Foreign Affairs has a piece by Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III on the threats facing critical US computer infrastructure and the steps being taken to secure against those threats. Foreign Affairs is published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a Members Only user.
8/25/2010 - Fire Protection and the Data Center: The Industry Standard You Didn’t Know About
Simple and commonsensical, the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 75,
“Standard for the Protection of Information Technology Equipment,” is a
detailed, explanatory almost-checklist for how to keep your business’
heart beating in case of a fire. While the standard was written for
large data centers its advice is applicable to smaller setups as well. This article by Lisa Nadile will introduce you to another aspect of computer security.
8/15/2010 - The Networked Non-Profit
This little book, by social media gurus Beth Kanter and Alison Fine, can help you get your non-profit off the "we ought to be doing more with social media" dime by helping you understand exactly how these new technologies can relate to, and differ from, your existing marketing and development efforts. The the new media have your staff or board somewhat stunned, this is must-read!
8/01/2010 - What Google's Data Center Can Teach You
There is a lot that those of us responsible for keeping a rack full of servers up and running can learn from the way Google thinks about its mega installations.
5/01/2010: Conjouring Clouds - great overview of Cloud technology
This article from MIT's Technology Review provides a comprehensive introduction to the technology breakthroughs that have made cloud computing possible - and are pushing it on to new levels. Definitely worth the read if your organization is trying to assess what role the Cloud might play in its future.
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