What’s In Store for Retail: Industry Trends to Watch
As uncertainty around the state of the economy lingers due to inflation, retailers need to be thinking about how they […]
How does your organization implement and operate its Security Environment?
Your overarching security program needs to be dynamic and responsive to the ever-changing threat landscape. As we’ve seen with the recent ransomware attacks, no amount of diligence from a software or hardware perspective can help with the exposure from lack of employee training or awareness as it relates to these threats.
Why does the Sephora data privacy fine matter for large merchants, and what is the Global Privacy Control (GPC)?
The Sephora decision signals that California is serious about enforcing data privacy legislation. The Sephora ruling was, more broadly, a warning shot for companies. It was the first action taken by an Attorney General to levy a fine against any company for failure to comply with CCP
10 Tips for Operationalizing Data Privacy
The road to finding the right vendor for your organization can often be a long one. You must define your needs, secure budget, conduct countless fact-finding calls, negotiate a contract, and then go live. This process takes time!
PCI DSS 4.0 looms large
Merchants need to immediately start understanding what additional budget they are planning to allocate to tackle the increased time and costs necessary to maintain PCI compliance. Even working to find and procure the services of an approved scanning vendor will take time and internal resources.
Leaping from Level 2 to Level 1 PCI Merchant Status? Here’s how we can help
For many merchants, PCI Compliance and related activities are a necessary annual pursuit that require additional work for resource strapped internal business units. The looming complexities of PCI DSS 4.0, combined with transitioning to a Level 1 merchant, will likely leave many organizations in the lurch as they determine how to handle these increased responsibilities.
PAX POS Security and what it means to your organization
Security attacks should be mentioned in the same breath for predictability as death and taxes, and increasingly an organization’s security resources are too strapped for time to operate, complete project work, and continue to adapt and tune their security approach. Third parties who can evaluate your current security environment and provide critical, unbiased feedback with a plan for continued improvement are more vital than ever before.
Outdoor EMV helped defray fraud, but what about improving security and protecting cardholder data for petroleum marketers?
For petroleum marketers, now on the other side of Outdoor EMV implementation, payments at the pump seem more secure and less prone to fraud. This view is only somewhat true, however: Committing fraud by way of stolen card is now more difficult, but sensitive payment data is both more vulnerable and more under attack than ever before. Outdoor EMV compliance has brought new devices like outdoor payment terminals on automated fuel dispensers onto IP-based networks, creating new opportunities for attackers to exploit systems that have yet to be hardened against black hat activity.
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