Deborah D Harry
When you offer products or services online , you may have used a number of items to maximize your competitiveness along with other companies.
PCI compliance may seem like an arcane art if you're a small merchant, but you ignore it at your peril. Non-compliance with the security standards developed by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council carries penalties of $5,000 to $100,000 per month.
A payment data breach is no joke. When something goes wrong and customer information comes spilling out of servers it's an absolute tragedy. It's not a tragedy that can be predicted, but it's one that can be prepared for.
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Any organization that accepts credit card payments is required to be PCI (payment card industry) compliant. Since this requirement applies regardless of the size or scope of the organization, it's worth talking about a few of the things you should do to become PCI compliant. The first step is to familiarize yourself with the requirements.
In today's global marketplace, credit card breaches are widespread, affecting everyone from small and medium-sized businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. As we've seen with recent retail breaches at Home Depot, Kmart, Target, Michaels and others, cardholder data (CHD) has become a more prevalent target, and there's an increasing need to implement stronger security measures to protect consumers and their data.
Key to the success of any business is accepting payments for goods and services. That said, however you trade, whatever your business might be, every credit or debit card transaction you process involves sensitive cardholder information that has to be stored and transmitted securely.
Five Things You Should Know About PCI DSS According to the UK Cards Association whose members collectively issue more than 55 million credit cards and 95 million debit cards,[i] card spending continues to climb despite the overall decline in retail spending.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance journey can be an onerous and challenging one. Client quickly realise that PCI DSS compliance touches many parts of their business.
