Guest post by Mark Pribish, Merchants Information Solutions, Inc. Have you ever thought about how installing smart or connected devices such as a residential doorbell or security camera using a Wi-Fi connection can put your personal or business data at risk of being hacked? According … Read more
Since 2011, the PCI Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Standard has provided a clear path to security and compliance for card-present and mail order/telephone order (MOTO) merchants. The P2PE standard is based on secure encryption and decryption of account data at each end of the transaction, rather … Read more
As liaisons between merchants and acquiring banks, payment facilitators (PFs) are an important component of the payments chain. Many small and micro merchants gravitate to PFs for assistance with accepting their customers’ card payments in a cost-effective way. Of course, the payment facilitator’s role in … Read more
Guest post by Mark Pribish, Merchants Information Solutions, Inc. At this year’s Blackhat Conference – which is the largest information security event in the world – I sat in on a very informative presentation by John Grim, Managing Principal – Americas, Verizon Threat Research Advisory Center … Read more
Payment security stakeholders around the world flock to the PCI Community Meetings each year because they are an ideal setting for education and information sharing. Having been a part of many of these meetings over the years, I can tell you that they continue to … Read more
When you’re a security consultant like I am, you tend to interact with a lot of stressed out IT folks. The first conversation usually begins something like this: Client: “We’re being asked to comply with the PCI DSS and have no idea where to start.” … Read more