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Using the PCI Data Security Standard

whitepaper Visa and MasterCard issued revised security standards applying to all "Components" of a network for companies engaging in financial transactions. These security standards are necessary for all companies needing practical solution to assess and...

Tags: security standards

[11 May 2008]

Is Your WLAN Putting Your PCI Compliance at Risk?

whitepaper The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard was created in 2004 by major credit card companies - American Express, Discover Financial, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International - to provide security and privacy of customers...

Tags: security standards

[11 May 2008]

Lessons Learned: Top Reasons for PCI Audit Failure and How to Avoid Them

whitepaper Since Visa mandated the Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) in June 2001 and MasterCard International introduced its Site Data Protection (SDP) program in June 2004, many merchants, processors, and acquiring banks have been working...

Tags: security standards

[10 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

[10 May 2008]

Ensuring Compliance With PCI Data Security Standards: Employing CoreGuard to Meet Encryption and Access Control Requirements for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standards

whitepaper Visa's CISP and MasterCard's Site Data Protection standards merged into the PCI standard in December 2004. Compliance with PCI (Payment Card Industry) data security requirements is a key initiative for any company that processes credit cards.

Tags: security standards

[08 May 2008]

Encryption Key Management, Key Rotation and the PCI Data Security Standard

whitepaper The credit card associations Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover aligned their individual policy protection programs to create the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). This alignment in standards provided an industry...

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Achieving and Maintaining Compliance With the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards

whitepaper In 2000, Visa USA and MasterCard International independently released data security programs. During the past several years, credit card associations have begun to make a concerted effort to raise the level of security within the industry.

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Meeting the 12 Rules of the PCI Data Security Standards: Employing CoreGuard to Meet Encryption and Access Control Requirements for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standards

whitepaper Visa's CISP and MasterCard's Site Data Protection standards merged into the PCI standard in December 2004. Compliance with PCI (Payment Card Industry) data security requirements is a key initiative for any company that processes credit cards.

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Using ISO 27001 for PCI DSS Compliance

whitepaper So therefore, one could be forgiven for believing that MasterCard and Visa assumed PCI would contain additional security requirements to sit on top of an already established Information Security Management System (ISMS).

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Meeting and Exceeding PCI 1.1 Compliance Today

whitepaper Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diner's Club, Discover, and JCB collaborated to create a new set of standards based on CISP (Cardholder Information Security Policy), and known as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI).

Tags: security standards

[07 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 Meanwhile, Visa and MasterCard collaborated to create the Payment Card Industry ("PCI") Data Security Standard. To protect cardholders, businesses and the payments card industry itself, regulations have been enacted that mandate changes in the way...

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

Credit Card Company Runs Its Business With 12-Terabyte Mission Critical BI Solution

whitepaper PREMIER Bankcard, LLC (PREMIER) one of the largest VISA and MasterCard credit providers in the United States, needed to enhance scalability and performance for its Business Intelligence (BI) data warehouse and OnLine Transaction Processing (OLTP...

Tags: data mining - analysis

[03 May 2008]

Employing IBM Database Encryption Expert to Meet Encryption and Access Control Requirements for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS)

whitepaper In 2004, Visa USA, MasterCard International, American Express and Discover aligned their individual data protection programs to create the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS or PCI).

Tags: database management

[28 Mar 2008]

HSBC computer fault denies customers account access

News Mastercard, owner of Maestro, confirmed the problem with HSBC's system and said it impacted a number of cardholders and retail merchants. A MasterCard statement said: "MasterCard has investigated and can confirm that there were no issues with our...

Tags: hsbc, atm, bank, fault

[25 Feb 2008]

Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet

Photo Mastercard has trialled and implemented its PayPass system in 20 countries, allowing users with an NFC-equipped mobile phone to make payments by tapping their phone on a reader. The SMS is on the wall for crumpled notes and battered leather wallets...

Tags: nfc, mobile phone, rfid, bank

[31 Jan 2008]

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

whitepaper The PCI standard is the result of a collaboration between Visa and MasterCard and is designed to create common industry security requirements, incorporating the CISP requirements. In 1999, Visa USA developed the Cardholder Information Security...

Tags: security standards

[08 Jan 2008]

Top 10 financial services stories of the year

News Mastercard launched such a card in September. As the year draws to a close, the UK's financial organisations are struggling to fend off economic downturn. This is after a major regulatory reform has been accomplished and plastic cards make more in...

Tags: mifid, apacs, lloyds, gartner

[17 Dec 2007]

Get "More IT for Less" in Retail Banking With Grid Computing

whitepaper A rapidly-growing financial services' organization based in the United States had become one of the world's largest providers of Visa and MasterCard-branded credit cards. As part of the consumer-lending products division, the card-issuing...

Tags: business management, united states, department, credit

[12 Dec 2007]

Christmas spend online to hit £5bn

News There is also an Apacs website explaining how to sign up to security schemes such as Verified by Visa and Mastercard SecureCode. And Monday 3 December is predicted to be the most popular day for online shopping on the record breaking run up to...

Tags: uk, online, consumer, retail

[30 Nov 2007]

Stories of the Month - September 2007

News Another futuristic technology taking off is contactless payments, which received a boost this month with Mastercard and Maestro launching 'tap and go' payment cards in London. Futuristic technologies and data security really grabbed the attention...

Tags: iplayer, europe, contactless payment, vista

[28 Sep 2007]

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