Blog Posts Tagged with "Merchants"
PA-DSS Validation Clarification
August 09, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
The PA-DSS has a procedure that the PA-QSA can follow to determine that version changes have not affected cardholder data processing and the application’s PA-DSS validation. Without that validation, as a QSA, our hands are tied and we must conduct a full assessment of the application under the PCI DSS...
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Small Tech Firms Pursue Level 1 Service Provider PCI Compliance
July 01, 2012 Added by:Stacey Holleran
Small technology companies are finding themselves in a unique business situation as prospective clients increasingly request software applications and hosting solutions that can accommodate secure mobile payment transactions, bringing these technology companies to the forefront as “merchant service providers”...
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Underground Financial Networks
June 26, 2012 Added by:gaToMaLo r. amores
Greendot and other Reloadable debit cards are not a safe means of conducting anonymous financial transfer. The financial networks created by these cards are very prone to network analysis. There is an unacceptable amount of cross network contamination for vendors...
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More on PCI Scoping
June 22, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
“At least annually and prior to the annual assessment, the assessed entity should confirm the accuracy of their PCI DSS scope by identifying all locations and flows of cardholder data and ensuring they are included in the PCI DSS scope"...
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The Failure Of PCI?
June 13, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
The biggest problem with PCI DSS standards comes down to the fact that humans are averse to being measured or assessed. Why? It makes people responsible and accountable for what they do, and few people want that sort of accountability – we all much prefer wiggle room in how our jobs are assessed...
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Global Payments Breach May Include Merchant Account Data
June 13, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"The Company's ongoing investigation recently revealed potential unauthorized access to servers containing personal information collected from a subset of merchant applicants. It is unclear whether the intruders looked at or took any personal information... however, the Company will notify potentially-affected individuals..."
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POS Skimming: Bad News for Banks and Merchants
June 12, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
EFTPOS skimming — which stands for “electronic funds transfers at the point of sale” — involves either replacing the self-swipe point of sale terminals at cash registers with devices that record credit and debit card data, or remotely hacking a retailer’s POS server...
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Small Merchant Data Security: Helping Them Help Themselves
May 17, 2012 Added by:Stacey Holleran
Many small merchants—whether selling online or brick-and-mortar, or both—don’t have the technological background to understand the steps necessary for protecting the cardholder information and other sensitive data that passes through (and may be stored in) their business systems...
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A Reason Why the PCI Standards Get No Respect
May 11, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
The PCI SSC only requires its assessors document the services they provide in their assessment reports. While that offers a certain amount of transparency, when you read some of these ROCs, it becomes painfully obvious that some QSACs are assessing their own security services...
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Another Year, Another QSA Re-Certification
April 26, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
There is a lot of discussion on network segmentation, and this year’s presentation material indicates there are apparently still a lot of QSAs that do not understand the concept of network segmentation and what constitutes good segmentation from poor segmentation...
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When Will PCI SSC Stop the Mobile Payment Insanity?
April 10, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
The merchant is left to their own devices to know whether any of these mobile payment processing solutions can be trusted. I am fearful that small merchants, who are the marketing target of these solutions, will be put out of business should the device somehow be compromised...
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PCI: When a Breach is Not a Breach
March 08, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
The lawsuit points out a disconcerting issue with a cardholder data breach: Any incident investigation initiated by the card brands under the PCI standards is going to focus on PCI compliance and not on whether or not the breach actually occurred...
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Security Tips When Providing Free Wi-Fi at Your Business
March 08, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Wi-Fi is great for bringing in customers and as a promotional tool that creates customer loyalty. Merchants such as hotels, coffee shops, burger joints and anyplace with a store front, chairs and tables is offering free Wi-Fi. But what about all the Wi-Fi security threats?
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Data Classification and Controls Policy for PCI DSS
March 01, 2012 Added by:Danny Lieberman
The first step in protecting customer data is to know what sensitive data you store, classify what you have and set up the appropriate controls. Here is a policy for any merchant or payment processor who wants to achieve and sustain PCI DSS 2.0 compliance and protect data...
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Why The Push For EMV Adoption In The United States?
February 20, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
What is Visa USA trying to prove with this push of EMV? Apparently only Visa USA can tell us because, for the rest of us, there are no business cases we can construct to justify the switch to EMV. Obviously, Visa USA knows something that the rest of us do not. Or do they?
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Data Privacy: Oxymoron, Wishful Thinking, or Strategic Goal?
February 03, 2012 Added by:Brian Dean
Consumers are desensitized to breaches, as evidenced by the meager rate of consumers applying for free credit monitoring services after a company breach. If you analyze the data that was breached, sometimes you have to ask, “Why are they even collecting all of that data?”
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