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On July 7, 2011
Next in line for PCI compliance: Mobile Payment Applications
Companies consistently ahead of cutting edge technologies such as Apple, Google and other mobile device manufacturers are advancing the payment applications of their phones. This is to be expected since Smartphones and iPhones are undoubtedly and predictably the wave of the future. It has kept the ...
Read MoreOn July 4, 2011
Are you inviting trouble?
Online payments to vendors like amazon.com or overstock.com definitely feel safer and more secure than giving my card or personal information over the phone. Well, maybe safer but not completely secure. So, many a times when payments cannot be made online, I end up giving the numbers over the ph ...
Read MoreOn June 19, 2011
The PCI Tornado
Data Security is front and center for all businesses especially if they are receiving payments for their services through credit cards. Next in line is the challenge of proving that their customers' information is secure. Which leads you to the question of complying with the standards of the Pay ...
Read MoreOn June 16, 2011
PCI Compliance vs Data Security
Many retailers are under the impression that PCI compliance is the maximum protection they need to secure sensitive data. Retailers working with Qualified Security Assessor’s (QSA’s) desperately try to remove as many of their machines from the scope of PCI to reduce risk and ultimately become PC ...
Read MoreOn June 10, 2011
PCI Compliance in a Box
Confusion, anger, bewilderment and indifference used to be the typical reactions to PCI compliance in the U.S. and Canada. What we are seeing now are fear, trepidation and a sense of resignation. There is no question that many c-store operators, petroleum marketers and retailers think that PCI compl ...
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