The co-owner of three restaurants in coastal Georgia, Carla had just upgraded her old POS system to far more current technology. A driving force behind the upgrade was Carla’s belief that it would make her business PCI compliant. She would get PCI compliance right, she … Read more
Got 100 grand to spare? Or would a breach be a death sentence for your small business? Seems like just about every day there’s a familiar company name in the news, along with the words “hacked” or “breached.” These are typically medium to large-sized businesses … Read more
New Small-Business Cybersecurity Tools for Acquirers Today the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) announced a significant advancement in its efforts to foster small-business cybersecurity: A set of payment protection resources that acquirers can use to educate and empower the small merchants they serve to fight … Read more
Understanding the need for intrusion detection. At 115-pages, PCI DSS v3.1 makes it clear there’s much to consider when evaluating the security of your payment card environment. In fact, you may be questioning how much effort to put into the task. Is it all futile … Read more
Like the Wyndam Hotel case, the FTC was going after LabMD for suboptimal data security practices that led to consumer harm. Despite winning the case, LabMD has been affected in a big way. The cost and distraction of the legal battle drove the company out … Read more
The PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) has issued welcome new guidance to help organizations respond to a data breach event. In its September 29 press release, the Council writes: “For any organization connected to the internet, it is not a question of if but when … Read more