Michael R. Dickson, CPA, CISA, CISM, Director, Business Technology Group, GBQ Partners LLC When you purchase an item, you may not think twice about handing over your credit card. But with credit card ...

Organizations that accept, process, store, or transmit credit card data possess a wealth of sensitive and potentially valuable information. In the modern world of eCommerce and online purchasing ...

Ever since 2004, the payment card industry has required merchants who accept credit card payments to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS, often shortened to PCI). This ...

Over the last year, retailers have endured a range of unprecedented challenges. From supply chain and labor force disruptions to strict social distancing protocols, online and brick-and-mortar ...

According to data from Statista, 40% of point-of-sale payments made in 2021 were done so with a credit card, followed by debit cards at 30%. Cash usage continues to decline year over year. With credit ...

Adhering to the set of ground rules set forth in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI/DSS) defines how merchants who accept credit cards manage card data and their own networks to ...

When you most need to be able to say that you are PCI-compliant is when it's taken away PCI compliance is Zen-like. It’s hard to determine, and even when a letter declares a company PCI-compliant, ...

In a major break from the Payment Card Industry security standards playbook, merchants and service providers using newer technologies would have the opportunity to rewrite network operation and ...

The Payment Card Industry security standard shows its power to drive product decisions among enterprises, and raises conflict-of-interest questions. Businesses accepting credit cards have to assure ...

Contact centers and BPO providers in the Nearshore and throughout the world are struggling to meet data protection guidelines, such as those issued by the Payment Card Industry (PCI), as literally ...

If your business is PCI compliant, you hopefully are already fully aware that June 30th, 2010 is the deadline to be migrated off of WEP in any area of your network that is involved in credit card ...