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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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Visa Provides Guidance on Secure Implementation and Management of Payment Applications — SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ –

compliancesoftware — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:04:10 +0000

Visa today announced global industry best practices for payment application vendors, integrators and resellers that implement, install or manage payment-related systems on behalf of merchants. The best practices developed by Visa in collaboration with the SANS Institute are designed to …

Revisions to credit card security standard on the way

compliancesoftware — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:19:36 +0000

It’s going to be called the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 2.0, and the full-blown text of this upcoming standard that governs how businesses must guard sensitive cardholder information on their networks will be out at the beginning of …

Do You Have What It Takes To Pass Your Payment Card Industry Audit? #PCI

compliancesoftware — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:41:22 +0000

With every company reliant on software to run its business, an alarming rise in data breach incidents across industries, but especially credit card processing, means application security is becoming an increasingly critical part of any organisation’s overall IT security strategy. …