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Merchants urged to avoid BYOD gear, jailbroken smartphones/tablets for payment processing

Businesses that want to make use of consumer-grade smartphones and tablets as a point-of-sale device to process payment cards are being advised to only do so when appropriate encryption controls and other security measures are in place.

By Ellen Messmer | 14 February, 2013 18:17

Tags: consumer electronics, Networking, security, wireless, smartphones, Wide Area Network, PCI Security Standards Council
Security standards council cuts through PCI cloud confusion

Can you hold Payment Card Information (PCI) data in a cloud-based service? Yes, but doing so isn't straightforward, so the PCI Security Standards Council has published a guideline that clarifies what approaches compliance-minded businesses can take.

By Ellen Messmer | 07 February, 2013 17:01

Tags: PCI cloud security, paas, SaaS, PCI compliance, cloud security, iaas, cloud computing, Software as a service, internet, PCI DSS, PCI Security Standards Council, security, Cloud
PCI Council publishes risk-assessment rules for card-processing networks

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council today issued guidelines on how businesses storing, processing or transmitting payment-card information should look at doing an annual risk assessment.

By Ellen Messmer | 16 November, 2012 19:57

Tags: compliance, National Institute of Standards and Technology, security, IT management, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, PCI, PCI Security Standards Council
PCI point-to-point encryption guidelines raise new questions

The PCI Security Standards Council today is expected to issue guidelines on use of point-to-point encryption in protecting sensitive payment card data, but the narrow approach — which is focused on hardware — is raising questions.

By Ellen Messmer | 16 September, 2011 00:45

Tags: PCI; security; encryption; mobile payments, security, encryption, endpoint security, PCI Security Standards Council
PCI Council says mobile payment apps can meet security standard

The PCI Security Standards Council has released its long-awaited guidance on how mobile payment acceptance applications can meet PCI standards.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 25 June, 2011 02:59

Tags: telecommunication, consumer electronics, Mobile and Wireless, security, smartphones, Phones, mobile, PCI Security Standards Council

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