Data breaches happen. We all know this simple fact. It's plastered on the news and the Internet. We hear about the big ones from co-workers, friends, and family. The recent Heartland Payment Systems ...

Ensuring the security of customer payment information is vital, especially considering the high costs associated with payment card industry (PCI) non-compliance; fees for non-compliance can skyrocket ...

Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance follows certain requirements launched in 2006 that are designed to ensure the safety and security of credit card data. Credit card processors mandate all ...

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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 organization responsible for administering the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is offering new guidance to companies on how to focus their PCI DSS compliance efforts so as to more ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South ...

PCI DSS is imperfect, but Ben Rothke and Anton Chuvakin say the standard is in security's best interest. Here they refute common complaints and criticisms of PCI DSS. PCI is a pragmatic standard which ...