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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

[13 May 2008]

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

whitepaper Today's Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which combines requirements of the Visa and MasterCard programs, remains as one of the preeminent achievements in the information security industry.

Tags: security standards

[13 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

[13 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

[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. This effort resulted in the Payment Card Industry (PCI...

Tags: security standards

[13 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. To respond to these issues, the credit card associations adopted a consolidated data security standard, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard...

Tags: security standards

[13 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

[13 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

[13 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

[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 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]

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]

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 custom built contactless payment terminal shown here demonstrates...

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. The goals of this program were to assure cardholders that their...

Tags: security standards

[08 Jan 2008]

Top 10 financial services stories of the year

News Mastercard launched such a card in September. The thing about cash is that it changes hands instantly, while other forms of payment can take a bit longer. Apacs estimates five million contactless payment cards to be in circulation by the end of...

Tags: mifid, apacs, lloyds, gartner

[17 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. Among the measures suggested by Apacs, are keeping antivirus software up to date and registering your payment card with...

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]

'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London

News MasterCard has launched its contactless payment tech in the UK. The so-called "tap and go" payment feature can be added to any MasterCard credit, debit or prepaid card or Maestro debit card and HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland have already...

Tags: mastercard, contactless cards

[04 Sep 2007]

Retailers fear contactless payments

News But until the major supermarkets - with their large numbers of convenience stores - accept contactless payments it will be a much more difficult task for MasterCard and Visa to achieve the critical mass they need for this new form of payment to be...

[24 Apr 2007]

Online fraud up but card fraud down

News The banking industry is working on the next generation of fraud prevention for card-not-present transactions - such as a handheld chip and PIN device developed by MasterCard and Visa, for use with internet shopping.

Tags: card fraud, id fraud, apacs, online fraud

[15 Mar 2007]

Handheld credit card readers to cut fraud

News Apacs has developed the system, which uses a handheld card reader, from the global standard created by card companies MasterCard and Visa. This generates an eight digit number - valid for one transaction - which customers enter online or give to a...

Tags: online payments, card fraud, lloyds tsb, apacs

[15 Feb 2007]

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