Industrial organizations always attract attention from both cybercriminals and politically-motivated threat actors. Reflecting on the previous half year, we have seen among other findings, growth in the number of cyberespionage and malicious credential stealing campaigns. Their success has most likely been the main factor raising the ransomware threat to such [...]
A merchant is defined as any entity that accepts payment cards from the five brands (American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, or Visa) The PCI Security Standards Council defines a service provider as a Business entity that is not a payment brand, directly involved in the processing, storage, or transmission of ...
Outsourcing the payment page doesn’t eliminate your PCI DSS responsibility. When you outsource to a third party service provider, the point of redirection needs to be protected. You also have the responsibility to choose a partner that is compliant with PCI DSS. There are different e-commerce implementations along with their ...
PCI DSS is intended for all entities involved in payment processing, including merchants, regardless of their size or transaction volume. When compared with larger merchants, small merchants often have simpler environments, with limited amounts of cardholder data and fewer systems that need protecting, which can help reduce their PCI DSS ...
The COVID-19 pandemic is quickly changing how many small merchants accept payments. Merchants that previously only had brick-and-mortar locations are moving to accept e-commerce and over-the-phone transactions. PCI Security Standards Council shares key considerations to help small merchants keep their customers’ payment data secure in this rapidly changing environment.