While reporting for the PCI DSS is annual, it’s expected that the standard is followed 24/7/365. For most businesses, however, everyday demands like customer engagement and financial performance can ...

Merchants that undergo network audits to ensure compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards are paying an average of $225,000 each year. Merchants that undergo network audits to ...

After discussing the new, more stringent PCI (Payment Card Industry) guidelines several times, including last month, let’s dig even deeper. Two companies involved in both ends of the PCI process ...

The vast majority of companies continue to fall short of complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard during their initial audit, with 79% failing and 21% getting a passing grade, ...

DALLAS -- Alon Brands Inc. is successfully using Acumera's software and services to accelerate its Payment Card Industry compliance audits. "Acumera has been a reliable and trustworthy partner of Alon ...

With just two weeks remaining before the auditors arrive, the entire staff is working feverishly, checklists in hand, to review tests of controls, past audit results, known issues and compliance ...

If you are an information security professional whose organization handles credit card information, then unless you have been living under a rock since PCI DSS was first introduced in 2004, PCI ...

Security vendors are launching a gazillion products this week at RSA Conference 2010, but hidden in all of those press releases are a few nuggets that illustrate the big picture trends. Here are a few ...

Those who thought their PCI security challenges would be over after the first passing compliance audit say they continue to be dogged by the same problems that caused pain in the beginning. For ...

Robert Duran of Time Inc. and Allan Kintigh of National Card Services share their PCI auditing experiences. Why one's experience was unpleasant and the other fared better. PCI DSS: THE NEXT PHASE The ...