Tag: Payment card transactions
UK retailers questioned over PCI DSS compliance
A study has found that a significant proportion of retailers operating in the UK are not in the loop concerning the revised Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). This news has come as a result of research carried out by LogLogic, which discovered that 13.8 per cent of retailers do not have any knowledge of the second edition of the PCI DSS and a further 15.5 per cent …
Hackers supporting Wikileaks distribute phoney MasterCard details
The deepening conflict between the activists who are hacking various major corporate websites and the authorities has taken a troubling turn, as it was announced that payment card details were stolen and then published. Over 10,000 users of MasterCard were allegedly affected by the data theft, although the veracity of the published details was quickly denied by a spokesperson for the payment card firm, who claimed that the group of …
Updated PCI DSS rated by security experts
After launching last week the first reactions to the second version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) have been voiced, with many experts in IT security expressing cautious confidence in the new regulations. The development of PCI DSS 2.0 involved many industry bodies and is intended to help improve the level of security relating to payment card transactions made across the world, from debit and credit …
PCI DSS updated with new regulations
Businesses dealing with payment card transactions will need to examine in detail the freshly updated security requirements from the Payment Card Industry Standards Council in order to ensure continued compliance and protection for customers. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is managed by this organisation, and it is accepted internationally by businesses of all kinds. Sub-categories of the overall set of rules have been updated in order …
