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On September 23, 2011

Data Security and compliance gaps at your retail locations

Determining the compliance gaps at your business is one of the first steps to achieving compliance. Any of the following gaps in your store environment would mean your are NOT PCI compliant:

• Unnecessary and vulnerable services not removed
• Inadequate access controls and vulnerable ...
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On September 10, 2011

The truth is out, revealed by Visa

Any retailer who is serious about dealing with PCI compliance sure knows what merchant level they are at. A smaller retailer like a Level 3 or 4 who lives in the world of denial may not know only because PCI compliance is a botheration to them. Well, here is a report recently announced by Visa on ...

On September 5, 2011

Differentiating between good, mediocre and bad security vendors

Retailers don't have a clue and it is indeed difficult to differentiate between vendors when everybody claims to be the best. Sometimes, security vendors take advantage of and get retailers precisely on their weak points. Not too many retailers understand what PCI compliance really means. Here is ...

On August 26, 2011

Revelations on passwords. Did you get a pass from PCI DSS!

 According to various online sources, the 25 most common passwords divulged from the Read More

On July 14, 2011

Virtual environments can’t escape PCI DSS standards and compliance

The PCI Council recently came out with an updated supplement to PCI DSS 2.0 for virtual environments.  Apparently, much needed clarifications have been addressed in this new documents.  Standards have to be read and re-read to understand what they exactly mean.  Essentially, what it comes down to ...