Category Archives: Payment Card Industry (PCI)

Top-Ranking Banking Trojan Ramnit Out to Steal Payment Card Data

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Shopping online is an increasingly popular endeavor, and it has accelerated since the COVID-19 pandemic. Online sales during the 2021 holiday season rose nearly 9% to a record $204.5 billion. Mastercard says that shopping jumped 8.5% this year compared to 2020 and 61.4% compared to pre-pandemic levels. Cyber criminals are not missing this trend. The […]

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Your Security Strategy Should Scale and Evolve Alongside Your Business

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As your business grows, you will need to deal with increased complexity around human interactions and technology and scale your defense strategy to account for sophisticated attacks from adversaries.

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A Well-Written Scope Document Can Save Your Security Project

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With a well-written scope document, your team can work through a creative process that helps everyone come to the same understanding, share their opinions, work out tensions and feel heard.

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13 Retail Payment Security Tips for Safe 2019 Holiday Shopping

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The holiday shopping season brings a spike in payment security threats for both consumers and retailers. Here are 13 ways to protect your sensitive data against retail cybercrime this year.

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How Will Strong Customer Authentication Impact the Security of Electronic Payments?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The EU’s updated Payment Services Directive, PSD2, will introduce a new technical standard that regulates strong customer authentication (SCA).

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A Busy IT Infrastructure Can Lead to Security Disaster

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Smartphones, tablets and cloud computing have been leading the way in the workplace until now, but the growing popularity of the internet of things could totally change the look of IT infrastructure.

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Comprehensive Vulnerability Management in Connected Security Solutions

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To stay ahead of attackers, organizations should consider vulnerability management solutions that integrate with SIEM tools, network and threat modeling capabilities, and patch management systems.

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving: PCI Compliance for Post-Holiday Season Returns

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Holiday spending is on the rise both in-store and online. How can retailers ensure PCI compliance to manage large transaction volumes and post-holiday refunds?

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Retail Cybersecurity Is Lagging in the Digital Transformation Race, and Attackers Are Taking Advantage

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Retail cybersecurity requires a large-scale transition to cope with new threat vectors, close significant infrastructure gaps, and extend security protocols across new cloud and SaaS platforms.

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Multistep Authentication Is No Longer Enough for PCI Compliance

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To meet PCI compliance, organizations must implement multifactor authentication, as opposed to a multistep process, to protect the cardholder data environment from unauthorized access.

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