How to Become PCI Compliant: An Informal PCI Compliance Checklist
If your business processes credit cards or other forms of electronic payment, it is required to meet the standards established by the Payment Card Industry (PCI). That means not only retailers, but any establishment that accepts card payments in their place of business. If you don’t maintain PCI standards for compliance and suffer a data breach, you could face penalties ranging from $5,000 to $100,000 a month, putting your entire…
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SQL Server 2005 End of Support Deadline
Effective April 12, 2016 Microsoft will no longer be supporting SQL Server 2005. This means that as of that date Microsoft will no longer be pushing out security updates or hot fixes and, as a result, your organization could be left facing vulnerabilities such as: – Impaired function of applications based off of the SQL Database, – Applications that are at risk for security breaches or bugs, – Backups that…
ContinuedA New Credit Card Format and PCI Compliance
Finally, we are almost there! The United States is following the lead of other industrialized nations and converting its credit card format from the current magnetic strip to a card that contains a built-in computer chip. The chip makes it more difficult for hackers to steal, and since each transaction generates a random code (or token), it decreases the effectiveness of “snooping devices” that try to record your personal information.…
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Cyber Security Policy Starter Kit:
10 Critical Policies That Every Company Should Have in Place
