The second edition of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was released overnight and contains minor changes (PDF) to take virtualisation into account and increase security ...

Increasingly, companies are raising questions about PCI-DSS and its applicability to their businesses. This Legal Alert summarizes the basic aspects of PCI-DSS and its application. The Payment Card ...

If you work in a small or medium-sized business, you might have opened your mail recently and found a letter from the bank that handles your credit card processing, asking you to certify your ...

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) will start enforcing requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1 under the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) beginning March 31, 2025. These changes will impact many ...

Every time a customer taps his or her credit card at checkout, it’s the retailer’s responsibility to process it and protect the cardholder’s data. But with so much data transmitted behind the scenes, ...

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard’s 4.0 requirements are designed to protect card information from theft or fraud. Here are some important controls that must be in place before April ...

The healthcare industry – particularly the digital health industry – is increasingly becoming monetized and using an e-commerce model through direct interactions with the customer to accept credit ...

Humans have always loved a paradox, from the simple piece of paper with ‘the other side is true’ and ‘the other side is false’ on either side; to quantum physics theory meaning that Schrödinger's cat ...

Encryption is the number one 'get out of hell' card for PCI compliance The government has said again and again, 'police yourself or we will police you' "The problem," said the fellow, "is that the ...

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a compliance scheme that aims to protect credit and debit card transactions against fraud and data theft. It was formed in 2004 by ...