PCI Compliance and the Service Provider

February 26, 2013 • Published by Brad Chronister PCI 101 Level 1, Merchants, PCI Assessment, QSA, RoC, Service Providers

Why Merchant Service Providers Must Commit to Stronger Security The complementary growth in cloud-based services such as data hosting and payment processing has created a new breed of service provider. These service providers and their systems interact with sensitive data from a variety of business … Read more

Level 2 Merchants Beware: Your PCI Validation Process Could Be Changing

August 29, 2012 • Published by Brad Chronister Archive, PCI 101 American Express, Discover, ISA, JBC, Level 2, Mastercard, Merchants, PCI Assessment, QSA, RoC, Visa

If your business processes between 1 million and 6 million credit card transactions annually and you accept MasterCard as a form of payment, your PCI validation process is probably about to change. Up until June 30, 2012, virtually all Level 2 merchants (defined by both … Read more