On The Web
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“Independent sales organizations are increasing their use of non-compliance fees for merchants that don’t adhere to PCI Security Standards Council requirements, with 23% of ISOs surveyed for the ControlScan/MAC 2020 Acquiring Trends Report saying they assess these fees. That’s up from the historic range of 17% to 18%. The report, released Tuesday, is based on […]
What Retailers Need To Know About The New Telephone-Based Payment Card Data Guidance
“The highly anticipated new guidance provides a much clearer path for retail contact centers looking to ensure compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and provides critical recommendations on new technologies and processes for securing payment card data.”
The PCI Council Unveils Its New Software Security Standards
“The new set of requirements actually has two major components—The PCI Secure Software Standard and the PCI Secure Lifecycle Standard—and is under the umbrella of what the Wakefield, Mass.-based PCI Council calls its new Software Security Framework. The Council has been working on updating software security for more than a year, and indicated last month […]
2018 Payment Security Report
“Lack of sustainable control environments remains a top contributor and precursor to ineffective controls, which in turn become susceptible to data breaches. Organizations achieve sustainable PCI Security compliance when they demonstrate a consistent capability to maintain ongoing operation of all required security controls within their compliance environment.”
PCI Council Cuts Its QIR Program Fee And Shortens Training Time
“The PCI Security Standards Council is making changes to its qualified integrators and resellers certification program by reducing the fee to $100, making the certification an individual one, and shortening the training-course time, the council announced Wednesday. Launched in 2012, the QIR program’s focus has been on improving payments security for point-of-sale software, specifically poor practices with remote access […]
On The Wires
nbsp;Securing the Future of Payments: PCI SSC Publishes PCI Data Security Standard V4.0
“Today, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global payment security forum, published version 4.0 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). PCI DSS is a global standard that provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect account data.”
Inadequate Data Security Practices Come With Serious Financial Consequences for Canadian Businesses
“Over one-third of Canadian consumers have experienced the consequences of a security breach or hack, according to newly released research conducted by secure payments provider to contact centers, PCI Pal . The findings suggest that a combination of recent high-profile breaches, media coverage of new data privacy regulations such as GDPR and Canada’s Personal Information […]
Equinox Payments and ACCEO Tender Retail Deliver PCI 5.x-certified P2PE-ready Solutions on First Data Platform
“Equinox Payments (“Equinox”), a leading provider of payment terminals, software and services, and ACCEO Tender Retail today announced that the Equinox Luxe 8500i and Luxe 6200m payment terminals have achieved EMV end-to-end certification on First Data’s processing platform and are expected to be submitted to the PCI Security Standards Council in February for validation. The solution leverages the First Data payments […]
PCI SECURITY STANDARDS COUNCIL UPDATES PIN SECURITY STANDARD
“Today the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published PCI PIN Security Requirements and Testing Procedures version 3.0, the PCI Security Standard for the secure management, processing and transmission of PIN data at ATMs and attended and unattended point-of-sale (POS) terminals. PCI SSC is also developing a program to train and qualify security assessors to support implementation of the […]
PCI SECURITY STANDARDS COUNCIL UPDATES PAYMENT DEVICE STANDARD TO SUPPORT SOFTWARE-BASED PIN ENTRY ON COTS
“The updated device standard supports the development of PCI Software-based PIN Entry on COTS (SPoC) Solutions for merchants that enable EMV® contact and contactless transactions with PIN entry on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) devices, such as tablets and smartphones. “