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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]

Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment In other words, for customers who use the bank purely for payment transactions, settle credit card payments in a timely fashion, and do not overdraw their accounts beyond agreed limits, the bank's services - which could include cheque, credit card...

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic

News Cheque payments continue to decline in the UK as card transactions increase, according to UK payments association Apacs. It found plastic cards accounted for 65 per cent of all UK spending last year, rising by 11 per cent in value in 2007.

Tags: debit cards, cheques, apacs

[12 May 2008]

Achieving PCI Compliance For: Privileged Password Management & Remote Vendor Access

whitepaper Though PCI compliance is not a government driven requirement such as Sarbanes Oxley and HIPAA, noncompliance under PCI can have a devastating impact on any enterprise that relies on credit card transactions.

Tags: security standards

[12 May 2008]

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. Those engaging in financial transactions need to have well documented compliant systems that are...

Tags: security standards

[11 May 2008]

Advantages of a Personal Workstation in Financial Services IT Environments

whitepaper Typical IT environments in financial institutions manage large volumes of high value transactions. For organizations to compete in this marketplace, they must make use of information technology effectively to ensure accuracy and security as well as...

Tags: workstations

[11 May 2008]

Understanding the Choices: IMS Connect and WebSphere MQ

whitepaper Access to IMS transactions and data can be accomplished using a variety of mechanisms that are available in today's environment. The answer to the question of which solution is best suited to an application, however, depends on the requirements...

Tags: tcp - ip

[11 May 2008]

Why Consider a Service-Oriented Database Architecture for Scalability and Availability

whitepaper It refers to a database system's ability to handle higher volumes of transactions, larger volumes of data, more complex queries, and more complex application requirements. Scalability is one of the key characteristics of any database system.

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

City IT Department Improves Data Protection and Backup Process Efficiency

whitepaper Residents and local businesses rely on the city's comprehensive Web site to find information about city services and make other transactions online. Southlake, Texas, is a small, growing city of 26,000 people.

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Security 2.0 and the Challenge of Managing User Identities

whitepaper With more secure identities and transactions, businesses will be better able to retain customers and reduce their own risk of fraud. Organizations that deliver a secure experience to end users - regardless of whether they're partners, suppliers, or...

Tags: network security

[11 May 2008]

End-to-End Application Performance Management

whitepaper The successful execution of the application - let's say, transferring money from a checking to savings account - requires the successful, coordinated execution of transactions within each tier. The particular challenge of maintaining complex...

Tags: software engineering

[11 May 2008]

Symantec's Security Management Solution: People, Processes, and Technology

whitepaper Symantec's comprehensive portfolio of products and services enables enterprises to feel confident that their information is safe and their transactions are secure. Symantec security management products and services help customers with security...

Tags: security management

[11 May 2008]

University Optimizes Security for Campuswide Network, Increases IT Efficiency

whitepaper The University needs to safeguard private information such as student records, commercially valuable research, and financial transactions. La Trobe University, a leading higher education institution in Australia, had to automate network access...

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Infomercati Modernizes and Automates Business Processes to Increase Operational Efficiency

whitepaper Infomercati created the Infomercati SIMA system to centrally store data - including quantity, cost by product and zone, and the number of transactions per market - for all products sold on Italy's food and agriculture markets as well as...

Tags: database management

[11 May 2008]

Architecting on Demand Solutions, Part 6: Optimize Your on Demand Applications and Resources Using IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment 5.1

whitepaper It also allows one to define service policies to establish performance expectations of specific transactions. In this paper, one learns about the features and capabilities of WebSphere Extended Deployment Version 5.1.

Tags: monitoring systems

[10 May 2008]

Encrypting Recordings Is Not Enough: Steps to Protect Your Most Sensitive Data

whitepaper As fraud and identity theft becomes more prevalent, businesses that record calls must adhere to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards to prevent recorded transactions from becoming a target.

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments

News Previously, the group was settling transactions with bank-owned PDQ terminals. Hospitality group Whitbread has deployed an end-to-end card payment system that is expected to save it £1m per year in payments processing costs.

Tags: pos, chip and pin, pci

[07 May 2008]

DB2 Security and PCI Compliance: A Best Practices Guide

whitepaper PCI is a set of collaborative security requirements for the protection of credit card transactions and cardholder data for all brands. This paper will review DB2 solutions that are compliant to the requirements for data at rest encryption in the...

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

PCI DSS and HIPAA: The Security Standards Share Common Ground

whitepaper One of the greatest challenges that the electronic transactions industry faces today is the issue of security requirements under various rules and regulations. For most people in the industry, the issue is focused on the specifics of the Payment...

Tags: security standards

[06 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. To protect cardholders, businesses and the payments card industry itself, regulations have been enacted that mandate...

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

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