When users can log into a network remotely, additional security is required for PCI-DSS compliancy – but it is an important security concern for any business network. If you have opened your firewall (see PCI-DSS: Securing Your Network ) to the outside world, you need to be sure that your remote connection is secure and […]
Merchandising your Gift Cards
Gift Card sales have become all the rage in the past decade and the numbers prove that customers are purchasing them in increasing numbers. As an example, the National Retail Federation’s Inaugural Graduation survey, conducted by BIGresearch , suggests that last year gift cards represented over 31% of the Graduation gifts given (second only to […]
PCI-Data Security Standards: Securing Your Network
Perhaps the most important factor for a retailer to be PCI-DSS compliant is to implement and maintain a secure business network which properly controls access to, and the security management of, their data and processes. While PCI is concerned with protecting sensitive credit card data, these issues are important for securing any business network. Firewall […]
PCI-DSS: Password Protection
Password protection is probably the most important and easiest way to protect the security of your confidential and sensitive customer data. Yet time and again we see confidential data on systems with either weak passwords or, in some cases, no password protection at all! The PCI Data Security Standards are very specific about password rules, […]
PCI Data Security Standard: Terms and Definitions
Well, here we go again with a bunch of acronyms and new terms to learn. To help understand the important security requirements your card services agreement commits you to if you are processing credit cards, it important to understand some of the terms and definitions. The following definitions are taken directly from the PCI Security […]
