If you start talking about PCI DSS compliance, people’s eyes tend to glaze over. Perhaps that’s understandable, since PCI DSS stands for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. But the fact ...

Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance follows certain requirements launched in 2006 that are designed to ensure the safety and security of credit card data. Credit card processors mandate all ...

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has been the gold standard for protecting cardholder data worldwide since its release in 2004. However, organizations have continually ...

PCI-DSS has been an official standard since 2004 and over the last 16 years has guided payment solutions developers and the merchants in protecting card holder data. With every breach the security ...

Michael R. Dickson, CPA, CISA, CISM, Director, Business Technology Group, GBQ Partners LLC When you purchase an item, you may not think twice about handing over your credit card. But with credit card ...

Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. While some higher education institutions ...

Although the majority of “Level 1” merchants are on track to comply, Redshift’s research suggests that the majority of Level 2 – 4 UK merchants are unlikely to meet the deadline. Many vendors reported ...

A security maturity model is a framework for measuring – you guessed it – the maturity of a security program. A maturity model helps assess the current operational effectiveness of key processes ...

The exponential growth of online transactions with credit and debit cards, though has facilitated the process, but has made itself susceptible to insecurity; it has opened the gateway to greater and ...