Visa tightens rules for small sellers • The Register

From 1 July small and medium enterprises using electronic point of sale terminals and e-commerce systems need to reach basic compliance with an entry-level version of the standard or face higher merchant fees or, in extreme cases such as in the aftermath of security breaches, the withdrawal of merchant statuses.

Larger firms need to comply with the full versions of the PCI DSS standard by 30 September.

via Visa tightens rules for small sellers • The Register.

NIST Revises Security Controls Bible SP 800-53A, Revision 1

NIST Special Publication 800-53 – the bible for federal government chief information security officers as well as others charged with securing their organizations IT systems – has been revised by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

NIST Tuesday issued SP 800-53A, Revision 1, Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations. This latest guidance is aimed at helping agencies implement continuous monitoring of their IT systems as they move away from the traditional paper-based compliance rules under the Federal Information Security Management Act.

via NIST Revises Security Controls Bible.

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