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Information to Include in a Risk Assessment Report 17 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
Requirement 12 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compels businesses to “maintain a policy that addresses information security for all personnel.” Ensuring that employees are continually awar...
PCI SSC Data Security Recommendations for eCommerce Merchants 15 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
The world of ecommerce has proven highly profitable for many businesses, as merchants of all sizes have been able to exploit the convenience of the Internet to sell a wide range of goods and services....
How Offering a Tokenization Solution in Your Software Reduces PCI DSS Scope 12 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
For many software providers, it’s an ongoing struggle to ensure that they’re able to supply their merchant customers with state-of-the-art payment processing solutions. Both parties of this particular...
Components of a Tokenization System 10 Jul 2013 | 10:42 pm
Tokenization has been shown to be a highly effective data security tool, but many business owners who process credit cards remain in the dark about how this process functions. In brief, tokenization r...
Data Security Considerations in an EMV Environment 8 Jul 2013 | 10:40 pm
EMV payment processing technology has been successfully deployed in many markets around the world, demonstrating consistent results in reducing point-of-sale fraud. Therefore, with the imminent arriva...
Characteristics of an ASV Scan 1 Jul 2013 | 10:10 pm
Requirement 11.2.2 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compels merchants to “perform quarterly external vulnerability scans via an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV).” The purpose of these scans i...
A Very Brief History of EMV 21 Jun 2013 | 10:22 pm
The introduction of EMV cards to U.S. consumers will unfold gradually over the next couple of years, eventually replacing the familiar magnetic stripe standard. What most Americans do not realize, how...
A Very Brief History of EMV 21 Jun 2013 | 10:22 pm
The introduction of EMV cards to U.S. consumers will unfold gradually over the next couple of years, eventually replacing the familiar magnetic stripe standard. What most Americans do not realize, how...
The Hazards of Default Passwords 19 Jun 2013 | 10:19 pm
The kinds of hardware and software commonly used by merchants, such as a point-of-sale (POS) application, generally comes with a simple default password and setting to allow easy initial access. But m...
EMV Dynamic Authentication vs. Magnetic Stripe Technology 5 Jun 2013 | 10:00 pm
In a traditional card present credit card transaction, the POS hardware device reads the data encoded on the magnetic stripe on the back of the card. This information is then transmitted to the paymen...
