You're running around with your hair on fire because your QSA just informed your CISO that 3,000 call center agents that typed in customer credit card data were in scope…
72% of merchants fall out of PCI DSS compliance within 6 months of achieving their Report on Compliance 2020 Verizon Payment Security Report What sets merchants who have successful PCI…
You know the old saying, “you reap what you sow.” If you don’t already have the structure or a sustainable set of processes in place or you’re not planning your…
Let’s be real for a second – the report on compliance is mandatory for all level 1 merchants and any merchant regardless of level that is required to provide a report on compliance by either their acquirer or card brand. Most level 1 merchants fall out of compliance shortly after the ink is dry on their most recent report. Why? Because they don’t have a sustainability program. The RoC is treated like a bad surprise every year and that creates wasted effort, lost money, and burned out staff.
For most merchants, PCI DSS Compliance is a confusing, complicated mix of requirement complexity, lack of knowledge, and an ever changing threat landscape. From small retailers to global merchants, PCI is…
Warning: Complacency With Your Vulnerability Management Program Can Hurt Your Organization By definition, a computer virus is: a malicious application or authored code used to perform destructive activity on a…
With 72% of merchants falling out of compliance shortly after completing a Report on Compliance (Verizon 2020 Payment Security Report), it's clear that not many merchants have a robust PCI…
Welcome back to the our series, The Ultimate Guide On Managing PCI DSS Requirement Frequencies. This week we’re diving head first into Requirement 3, “Protect Stored Cardholder Data,” and Requirement…
We’re interrupting the Ultimate Guide to PCI DSS Requirement Frequencies to bring you an important lesson on how to decipher the requirements in the DSS. Who should read this post:…
Welcome back to the Ultimate Guide To PCI DSS Requirement Frequencies! So far we’ve covered Understanding Your Scope and Getting Control of Unruly Firewall and Router Rules. Today we’re moving…