The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) applies to any organization that processes, transmits or stores payment card transactions or cardholder information. PCI applies not only to retailers but also to any business that accepts a single payment card transaction, no matter the size or industry. 

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.” 

SearchSecurity.com presents a comprehensive guide on how to pass a PCI audit. Our experts examine tactics that help companies achieve PCI compliance and offers advice on the steps you can take to make the audit process less burdensome. 

Compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is mandatory if your company stores, processes, or transmits payment cardholder data. This book is all about understanding PCI and how merchants can comply with its requirements. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we reveal our annual UKtech50 list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT, and interview the winner, Warren East, CEO of chip design firm ARM. Also in this issue, we conclude our buyer's guide to infrastructure as a service with an in-depth analysis of Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. Read the issue now. 

Explore encryption management for credit card data to ensure performance and availability of SAP applications. Learn implementation requirements, hurdles to development, and how you can improve security of sensitive customer information. 

This white paper briefly describes PCI requirements, the benefits of compliance and the penalties for noncompliance. 

This white paper will detail a strategy that enables companies to easily gain PCI compliance and ensure effective security. By mapping technical controls to PCI standards and by continuously monitoring, assessing, and reporting the status of your environment, you can make your PCI audit the most efficient and actionable of your life. 

This whitepaper examines how the standard relates to the System i (AS/400). When applicable, specific operating systems commands and configuration settings are provided. 

This white paper helps to simplify and provide a deeper understanding of the PCI DSS v1.1, discusses best practices to achieve PCI compliance, and identifies which of these requirements can be satisfied by Alert Logic. 

This white paper explores the challenges of compliance with PCI and how organizations must take a holistic approach to protecting and securing their business-critical information. 

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. 

Explore the ins and outs of mobile payment collection: how mobile payment collection systems work, what components are needed for it to work, and how your organization can benefit by implementing its use.