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Nominations Open for PCI Board

compliancesoftware — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:13:27 +0000

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), which oversees the PCI (Payment Card Industry) Data Security Standard that card-accepting retailers must follow, today announced that nominations for election to the 2011-2013 PCI SSC board of advisors are now being accepted …

Dell To Acquire Secureworks

compliancesoftware — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:20:59 +0000

Dell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SecureWorks® Inc., a globally recognized provider of information-security services. SecureWorks’ industry leading Security-as-a-Service solutions include Managed-Security Services, Security and Risk Consulting Services and Threat Intelligence. The acquisition expands Dell’s …

Amazon Web Services achieves Level 1 PCI compliance

compliancesoftware — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:17:23 +0000

Amazon Web Services LLC AWS, a subsidiary of Amazon.com recently announced it has achieved Level 1 compliance with the Payment Card Industry PCI Data Security Standard DSS. Merchants and other service providers can now run their applications on AWS PCI-compliant …

PCI Guidance and Emerging Tech

compliancesoftware — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:48:53 +0000

Bob Russo, GM of the PCI Security Standards Council, says simply that PCI security standards are maturing “gracefully.” In fact, Russo says the global payments community is pleased with the standards, which is why the council decided to make no …

Industry Leaders Publish Reference Architecture for #PCI DSS 2.0 Compliant Clouds – MarketWatch

compliancesoftware — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:22:23 +0000

HyTrust, Cisco, VMware, Savvis and Coalfire Outline Configuration Guidelines to Meet the New Requirements Following Publication of New Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard via Industry Leaders Publish Reference Architecture for PCI DSS 2.0 Compliant Clouds – MarketWatch.

GSA Chooses IaaS Vendors for US Government Cloud Computing Initiative “Apps.gov”

compliancesoftware — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:25:32 +0000

In an effort to make cloud solutions more easily available to government agencies, the US General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov) has awarded 11 companies a five-year, government-wide Blanket Purchase Agreement to make Infrastructure as a Service solutions available to all levels …

An SMB Guide to Credit Card Regulations #PCI

compliancesoftware — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:51:44 +0000

This article is the first in a short series designed to help small businesses understand the regulations around securing credit card transactions, specifically the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard) requirements. via An SMB Guide to Credit Card …

#PCI: Smaller Merchants Threatened

compliancesoftware — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:21:18 +0000

The Payment Card Industry’s Security Standards Council may be doing a good job helping lock down larger retailers, but the smaller “Mom and Pop” merchants are becoming the new targets of cyber criminals, says a PCI expert. via PCI: Smaller …

PCI Compliance Should Be a ‘LifeStyle’

compliancesoftware — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:47:35 +0000

Merchants are most likely to remain compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards and avoid data breaches if they adopt security as a “lifestyle,” according to a study released earlier this week by Verizon Business. Verizon Business provides …

Will #PCI Outsourcing Kill Conversion Rates?

compliancesoftware — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:29:55 +0000

Small business ecommerce site owners cannot afford to slack off when it comes to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Its strict security requirements make being PCI compliant challenging for small retailers, but PCI DSS is a …