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PCI Compliance: A Technology Overview

whitepaper Service providers and merchants are given direction on the technologies and policies and procedures needed to achieve compliance. Even though the standard provides clear guidance, a PCI compliance program can differ considerably for Level 1...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

Is Your WLAN Putting Your PCI Compliance at Risk?

whitepaper PCI compliance is mandatory for all merchants that store, process or transmit credit card data through retail stores, mail order, telephone order and online sites. Retailers that are not in compliance are subject to fines or suspension of credit...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

Managed File Transfer and the PCI Data Security Standards

whitepaper The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) are intended for use by merchants, financial processors, point-of-sale vendors, and banks, credit unions and other financial institutions that transmit, process and/or store credit...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

Meeting and Exceeding PCI 1.1 Compliance Today

whitepaper All merchants and service providers that handle, transmit, store or process information concerning any of these cards, or related card data, are required to be compliant with PCI or face contract penalties or even termination by the credit card...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

PCI Compliance: The Importance of Securing Payment Information

whitepaper In response, a federation of companies led by MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International set out to establish consistent data security measures for merchants, banks, and service providers. Fraud and identity theft are on the rise.

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

Reap the Benefits of PCI Compliance: Why Payment Card Security Should Be a Retailer's Top Priority

whitepaper Despite five years and two deadlines, just 20 percent of level one merchants (6 million+ annual transactions) and an estimated 2 percent of lower-volume merchants have fully complied with cardholder data security standards issued by the card...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

PCI and Visa CISP Compliance: What These Standards Mean to the Independent Grocer and Regional Chain - And How Storenext Helps You Meet Them

whitepaper CISP provides tools and standards, and "CISP Compliance" is required of all processors and merchants involved in Visa transactions. Visa CISP compliance mandates that merchants meet PCI standards. To protect cardholders, businesses and the payments...

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

PCI Security Audit Procedures

whitepaper This paper can be used as guidance by those merchants and service providers who require an onsite review to validate compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard and to create the Report on Compliance.

Tags: security standards

[23 Apr 2008]

Deadlines Passed, But Merchants are Still Out of Compliance

whitepaper The PCI-DSS deadlines for level 1 and level 2 merchants have come and gone, but questions still linger on how to meet compliance. The major issues facing merchants as they strive for compliance, and tactics to overcome those issues.

Tags: business strategies

[03 Apr 2008]

Winning the PCI Compliance Battle: A Guide for Merchants and Member Service Providers

whitepaper This white paper explores the compliance requirements for PCI data security and helps online merchants select a PCI compliance service vendor. It also introduces QualysGuard PCI, which helps online merchants scan and remediate vulnerabilities, and...

Tags: firewalls, compliance, validation, pci

[31 Mar 2008]

The Payment Card Industry Compliance - Securing Both Merchant and Customer Data

whitepaper This white paper introduces the Payment Card Industry Compliance standard, and the security threats which brought about the need to standardize the data protection of both merchants and customers. PCI Compliance is a structured security checklist...

Tags: security standards

[11 Mar 2008]

Compliance With the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Meeting the Challenge With Symantec Solutions

whitepaper In order to achieve CISP compliance, merchants and service providers must adhere to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. In 1999, Visa USA developed the Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP).

Tags: security standards

[08 Jan 2008]

Assessing and Implementing Compliance Management for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS)

whitepaper This paper provides an insight into Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and can be used as a practical guide for retailers, merchants and payment providers wishing to learn more about the PCI DSS standard or as an aid for...

Tags: removable storage, vendor, payment, pci

[23 Aug 2007]

How Innovative Day-to-Day Technology Operations Will Improve Your PCI Ranking

whitepaper The PCI-DSS requirements apply to PCI acquirers, merchants, and service providers' inability to prove compliance can lead to significant fines per incident and/or losing the ability to transact credit cards (i.e.

Tags: security standards, protecting, pci, cardholder

[23 May 2007]

Winning the PCI Compliance Battle: A Guide for Merchants and Member Service Providers

whitepaper This white paper explores the compliance requirements for PCI data security and helps online merchants select a PCI compliance service vendor. It also introduces QualysGuard PCI, which helps online merchants scan and remediate vulnerabilities, and...

Tags: compliance, validation, pci, data security

[30 Mar 2007]

Credit card companies forge security alliance

News That includes merchants, payment processors, point-of-sale vendors, financial institutions and more than a billion card holders worldwide. A statement released by the newly formed council said the revisions were the result of feedback from vendors...

Tags: credit card, security

[08 Sep 2006]

Protecting and Managing Your Company's Online Identity: Strategic Solutions for Corporate Domain Name Challenges

whitepaper Since Visa mandated the Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) and MasterCard International introduced its Site Data Protection (SDP) program, many merchants, processors, and acquiring banks have been working diligently to meet their...

Tags: cost control - risk mgmt., program, pci, visa

[04 Aug 2006]

Demystifying the PCI Data Security Standard for Service Providers

whitepaper It is an industry-established policy requiring compliance by all merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit cardholder data. The PCI DSS's special requirements for merchants are detailed in the companion white paper, "The PCI...

Tags: legal, service providers, providers, data security

[23 Jun 2006]

Demystifying the PCI Data Security Standard for Merchants

whitepaper It is an industry-established policy requiring compliance by all merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit cardholder data. This white paper from ComplyGuard Networks explains what the specific requirements of the PCI DSS...

Tags: knowledge and data management, providers, service providers, data security

[23 Jun 2006]

Ecommerce sites face security crackdown

Ecommerce sites face security crackdown

News Christian Robinson, MD of online gadget superstore Firebox.com, told silicon.com: "Firebox.com supports the moves from credit card issuers to tighten security procedures across online merchants. However, it's worth noting that even merchants...

[20 Apr 2005]

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