When Bill Green spelled out his vision for Accenture in a rare interview shortly after taking over as chief executive six years ago, he said the company would “dream up and build services so powerful and so exceptional that they will be required to compete in any industry, from financial services to manufacturing”. 

Bonus payments have long been a feature of the reward package for most IT professionals, but when the UKeconomy went into freefall during late 2008, many employers either reduced such payments or did away withthem altogether. 

To avoid fines and meet an upcoming compliance deadline, call centre services provider, RESPONSE (Building Rewarding Relationships), needed to improve security. Read this paper to learn how the organisation secured an easily installed and managed security solution that could also be deployed in time to meet the looming deadline. 

With the increasing threat to credit card data, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was introduced, requiring organizations to implement information security controls. Access this resource to learn more about the existing threats, the key benefits of PCI compliance and how to effectively implement a PCI compliance program. 

One of the biggest challenges and concerns of businesses moving to the cloud is ensuring regulatory compliance and security. Discover how Patronpath, a company that processes and handles online credit card transactions for customers, increased scalability and decreased costs by adopting PCI-compliant cloud services. 

Many businesses overlook cash flow management as a strategic asset - but this could be a huge mistake. In this resource, learn how you can optimize Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Order Management, and other document-based business processes for a comprehensive, integrated approach. 

A number of factors are driving financial institutions to re-evaluate their payment methods.  These factors include regulations such as Single Euro Payments Area in Europe, which calls for new payment vehicles for customers. Find out how one financial institution was able to meet compliance demands by utilizing a secure payments infrastructure. 

This article in our Royal Holloway Information Security series looks in detail at two key principles necessary for secure payments: fair exchange and non-repudiation. 

The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source.    Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.” 

This white paper outlines the business and technical case for centralizing administration. Learn more about the steps to take with user authentication and access controls as well as how to provide accountability through direct auditing of user activities. 

This exclusive report for Computer Weekly readers by Juniper Research, offers a comprehensive briefing for senior IT professionals on the opportunities for NFC mobile payment technology, markets and trends. 

Cisco PCI Compliance Services assist companies in achieving and maintaining PCI compliance. Read about vulnerability and gap assessments, remediation work to achieve compliance, and continuous monitoring to maintain PCI compliance. 

This paper examines how SAP's latest analytics solutions can analyze multiple databases in real-time to identify and prevent improper government payments before they happen. Read on to learn how government agencies can leverage this technology to speed up the process of accessing multiple data sources, reduce the burden on IT staff and much more.