PCI/PA-DSS Compliance

The Choice is No Longer Yours – Changes to PCI

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Chris Secrest

May 4, 2012

For those that aren’t keeping track, June 30, 2012 is a day to mark on your calendar. Not because of any special anniversaries or birthdays (although if yours does fall on that day then Congratulations!). June 30 is the day that we can add one more validation point to our compliance lists from the PCI Data Security Standard.
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PCI/PA-DSS Compliance

Care and Feeding of your PCI DSS Compliance Program

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Tony Fulda

February 9, 2012

While getting compliant and passing your yearly Report on Compliance audit or filling out a Self Assessment Questionnaire is important to your organization and your customers (and a requirement for merchants and service providers), the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) is intended to be the foundation of an ongoing program, ensuring you follow best practices throughout the year.
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PCI/PA-DSS Compliance

PCI and the “other wireless”

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Tony Fulda

August 8, 2011

From the “never been asked that question before” files, I recently had a client who wanted to know about wireless keyboards and whether they are in-scope for PCI.
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PCI/PA-DSS Compliance

Big Changes in PA-DSS v2.0

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Steve Kerns

March 3, 2011

For the most part, the requirements have not changed but there are a couple of items that may require some changes in the application, the documentation, or even the processes around the application.
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PCI/PA-DSS Compliance

PCI PA-DSS in Healthcare – Part 1

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Alex Crittenden

November 5, 2010

I am sure that you are aware of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), a very broadly applicable security standard that concerns itself with all aspects and environments that deal with credit card information. What you might not be fully aware of (or may not fully understand the implications of) is the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS.)
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