The good news is that Payment Card Industry compliance has been on the rise. As of October 2009, 97% of Level 1 merchants and 94% of Level 2 merchants were already compliant, according to Visa.

Even though logging is implied in all 12 PCI requirements, PCI DSS Requirement 10 is dedicated to logging and log management. Logs for all in-scope systems and components must be reviewed at least ...

As the average cost of a breach hits $4.45 million, regulatory authorities are driving more industrywide requirements to address growing threats. The critical role payment and financial services play ...

Ever since 2004, the payment card industry has required merchants who accept credit card payments to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS, often shortened to PCI). This ...

As organizations continue to work hard on their PCI compliance efforts in 2012, security experts warn that in order to cost-effectively achieve compliance and security goals, they'll need to avoid ...

The new version of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, version 1.1, has been out for a few weeks now. Sources tell me that customers are interpreting the new PCI standard to ...