Why PCI Compliance?

PCI DSS Updates to Version 3.2

Every year merchants are required to complete and submit a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) to their acquiring bank. Taking the SAQ enables a merchant to find out what they have to do to become compliant with the requirements of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). These standards are upgraded from time-to-time. ...

Determining the Apt SAQ

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) self-assessment questionnaires (SAQs) are validation tools designed to help merchants and service providers report their PCI DSS self-assessment results. There are many different types of SAQs, and organizations have to identify the appropriate SAQ that suits their environment....

Payment Data Protection for Small Businesses

Small merchants are considered to be easy targets for cybercriminals. There are many reasons – plenty in number, lax in security, unaffordability of skilled information technology personnel, too complex malware for small businesses to handle, etc.., Cybercriminals are growing more skilled every day, using innovative exploits and ...

Hotel Chains Suffer from Credit Card Breach

In the course of the last one year, many hotels and hotel chains have been targeted and hit by hackers, who have managed to get away with sensitive card data etc. HEI Hotels Attacked HEI Hotels and Resorts, under which operates almost 60 hotels and resorts which come under different brands, including the Marriott and […]