Technology has changed significantly over the years making everyone's lives easier. Daily life is now more convenient and in many ways more enjoyable. Never before has communication been so simple. Travel has also improved, making it easier to discover new places, and more difficult to get...
One of the leading causes of payment data breaches are because of weak passwords. PCI Security Standards created a great infographic on the risks of weak passwords and password best practices to minimize your chances of being breached. See the infographic below or download it here...
image from thesslstore A leading cause of business payment data breaches are the use of default or weak passwords. An astonishing 81% of company data breaches are due to poor passwords according to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach investigations Report (New report anticipated soon). Many employees...
As November draws to a close, 2016 is officially almost over. This also marks just over a year since the EMV liability shift for US merchants occurred in October 2015. So how are US merchants doing when it comes to chip-and-pin adoption? Wait, what is EMV...
The American Democratic National Convention kicked off this week amidst the release of 20,000 of their emails by Wikileaks. In addition to adding fuel to allegations that the DNC had unfairly worked against runner-up candidate Bernie Sanders, thousands of social insurance, passport numbers, and credit card...
Hyatt Hotels, the chain that owns over 600 properties around the world recently found malware on their payment processing systems. They are the latest hotel chain to be breached in the past few months. Last month both Starwood and rival hotel chain the Hilton announced...
This coming Tuesday, on December 15th, 2015 at ISACA Vancouver's December Education Session, Ryan Wilson will be teaching us and exploring the difference between PCI compliance and PCI risk Management. At this event, expect to learn about PCI Compliance, practical methods for risk qualification based on...
With the EMV liability shift now in effect, merchants in the United States are now liable for card-present fraud if they are not EMV chip & PIN compliant. While fraudsters will take advantage of the lag for all merchants to get setup with increased EMV security,...
One of the common misconceptions of implementing EMV enabled point of sale terminals is that by having EMV Chip & PIN, your business is Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant. This is not true. EMV and PCI Data Security Standards compliance are two independent entities that...
While U.S. merchants will only now in 2015 experience the liability shift of potential financial losses for not upgrading their terminals from magstripe –to EMV contact and contactless card enabled terminals, Visa has been incentivizing the move since 2011 through the innovative Visa TIP program. Considering...