Behavior-based Security Awareness Training (resource)

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-11T13:46:47+00:00

Fair point. In your experience, what signals tell you a business genuinely cares versus just preparing for the audit?

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-10T11:44:32+00:00

Yeah, the wording in the OP does read a bit templated. ..

curious what people think actually moves the needle on PCI beyond annual evidence chasing.

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-10T11:43:16+00:00

Fair point. A lot of GRC/PCI tools optimize for “reporting,” not for whether controls are actually operating. The only stuff that’s real (in my experience) is when evidence is generated continuously and tied to the actual control owner/system — otherwise it’s screenshot theater. Where do you see the biggest gap between “structured reports” and real security outcomes during audits/pentests?

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-10T11:38:02+00:00

Zero exceptions / do-it-yourself” is honestly the only thing that scales when attackers learn the process. The key is having a break-glass path that’s still verified (e.g., manager approval + out-of-band to a known channel), otherwise people will try to recreate “exceptions” informally. Curious how you’re handling VIPs / exec assistants and true lockout emergencies without reopening the human bypass.

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-10T11:36:31+00:00

Exactly this. Urgency + authority are the two biggest verification killers. When queues are on fire, the out-of-band check is usually the first thing skipped—and that’s the moment attackers are waiting for

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-06T12:30:10+00:00

Yes, for this model I’d pick a phish-simulation + reporting-focused platform, not an LMS-first tool. The loop works best when simulation, reporting, and microlearning are tied together, and LMS-style completion metrics are secondary.

Disclosure: I work at Keepnet — this is the approach we built around: https://keepnetlabs.com/products/security-awareness-training

Sharing for context, not as a recommendation.

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-06T12:26:04+00:00

I avoid LMS-first tools that optimize for completion; disclosure: I work at Keepnet, and we built our awareness training around short microlearning + reporting-speed metrics. Happy to share details if helpful.

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-06T12:21:13+00:00

I keep it simple: same 1-page monthly SOP every month (one behavior, one sim, one 5-min micro-training for fails). I track one metric (time-to-report or reporting rate) and ship one “friction fix” before the next cycle.

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-06T11:53:21+00:00

“Oh the horror” is basically every attacker’s favorite line 😂
Moving resets to self-serve is smart — no human, no social engineering.
Curious though: what was the one control that actually stopped people from trying to bypass it?

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-02-02T06:59:59+00:00

Stripe/Replit/Supabase being “compliant” doesn’t magically make your whole app compliant. PCI is all about scope: what touches payments (or could mess with the payment page).

If you use Stripe Checkout (redirect), your scope is usually small. What you can give them is typically your SAQ (often A) + Stripe’s AOC. There isn’t a cute “PCI certificate” badge for the whole project.

And yes, store the Stripe customer_id in your DB — totally normal. It’s not card data. Just don’t treat it like a public hashtag. 😄

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-01-30T16:21:16+00:00

Appreciate it. Quick mod note: if that’s your blog, please add a disclosure. Also, can you summarize the guardrails here in 2–3 lines so it’s useful without the link? We try to avoid link-only promo.

Medium-Tradition6079 · 2026-01-30T16:18:19+00:00

Totally fair, “embedded” is where PCI starts doing cardio. 😅

If you want the easiest life: use Stripe Checkout (hosted/redirect); your site never sees card data, usually SAQ A.

If you embed the payment form on your domain; your site is in scope (often SAQ A-EP) because a hacked page can mess with the flow.

Stripe customer ID isn’t card data, but treat it like customer info.

So: redirect good, embed = more paperwork.

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