Tag: PCI DSS
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 noncompliance causing lapse data security
A new report into how companies are coping with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has found that a large number of businesses dealing with significant numbers of transactions on a daily basis are failing to comply to the regulations, leaving themselves open to exploitation and data loss. Verizon commissioned the study and said that those firms who exhibited a willingness to comply with the PCI DSS, …
