Features

• Australia lagging in data security compliance: PCI Security Standards Council

  By Tim Lohman | 21 May, 2009 13:43

  A lack of financial penalties and a mandate to publicly admit data breaches may be clouding the real state of credit card payment and security in Australia, according to a senior executive from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.

• International Challenges in PCI Security

  By Bill Brenner | 20 November, 2008 09:15

  In a country that's seen many regulatory compliance challenges this decade, the headaches of PCI security tend to be analyzed from a largely American perspective.

• A tale of two PCI security audits

  By Bill Brenner | 06 November, 2008 09:35

  Robert Duran of Time and Allan Kintigh of National Card Services share their PCI auditing experiences. Why one's experience was unpleasant and the other fared better.

• PCI's Post-Audit Pain Points

  By Bill Brenner | 06 November, 2008 10:01

  Passed your first PCI compliance audit? You've only just begun! Veterans say ongoing challenges with log management, database encryption and upper management buy-in mean the task is never finished.

• PCI app security: Who's guarding the data bank?

  By Ben Rothke and David Mundhenk | 13 October, 2008 12:09

  While Willy Sutton never really said it, the truth is that people rob banks because that is where the money is. Today's criminals don't walk into banks with loaded guns and get-away drivers. Rather they connect from a remote location using a browser and are armed with hacking tools and spyware.