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Retailer fights PCI fines for noncompliance after breach, sues Visa

In Risk - By Danielle Walker, 15 March 2013 12:18 PM

Sportswear retailer Genesco is suing Visa after the credit card company imposed more than $13 million in fines.

PCI council issues e-commerce guidance

In Applications - By SC Staff, 4 February 2013 7:04 AM

Compiled by 60 organisations.

PCI guidelines issued for mobile apps

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 17 September 2012 10:19 AM

Developers told to isolate sensitive functions, remove unnecessary access rights.

Visa expels Global Payments after card breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 11 April 2012 7:48 AM

Cause remains shrouded in mystery.

Addressing PCI SSL weak cipher requirements

In Crypto - By Craig Searle, 29 November 2011 11:29 AM

Craig Searle offers a cheat sheet to improve SSL implementations.

Italians break chip-and-PIN

In Crypto - By Danny Bradbury, 15 March 2011 10:03 AM

Enhanced credit cards not as secure as was thought.

Defence investigates lost and found memory stick

In Crypto - 14 March 2011 12:59 PM

Classified information found on Qantas flight.

Breach costs rise to $7.2m: study

In Crypto - By Angela Moscaritolo, 11 March 2011 9:25 AM

Average cost a breach lifts 7 percent to $214, says US research.

Amazon Web Services gains PCI security approval

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 8 December 2010 9:20 AM

Chases cards processing.

How Woolworths made IT risk a business issue

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 29 November 2010 3:25 PM

Manager paints privacy, security in business lingo.

Revision to PCI standards welcomed despite minor changes

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 1 November 2010 9:21 AM

Calls made for tokenisation to be incorporated.

Tudor signs Trustwave for PCI

In Cloud - 29 October 2010 2:05 PM

Exclusively in Australia and New Zealand.

New PCI requirements look at cloud-hosting and log management

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 17 August 2010 1:50 PM

Changes "relatively minor".

PCI Standards Council updates PIN transaction security requirements

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 14 May 2010 2:50 PM

Aims to simplify process.

Local industry keen to mirror UK’s data breach fines

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 26 March 2010 9:22 AM

£500,000 fines could help secure society.

PCI DSS regulations not suitable for small businesses, says web hoster

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 11 February 2010 12:45 PM

Many could go under.

Synergistex pushes “PKI killer” for PCI encryption

In Crypto - By Sholto Macpherson, 7 December 2009 5:37 PM

Voltage targets enterprise and SME.

Restaurants file lawsuit against payment terminal vendor after identity theft

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 30 November 2009 10:55 AM

Lack of PCI DSS compliance proves troublesome.

Opinion: Take no chances with card security

In Risk - By Steven Willoughby, 2 October 2009 4:14 PM

Time has run out for businesses that handle credit card information.

Calls for PCI DSS compliance logo

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 25 September 2009 11:10 AM

Will give accredited merchants competitive advantage.

PCI clarifies procedures to secure Wi-Fi

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 20 July 2009 12:21 PM

The group charged with administering the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has begun issuing guidance documents that merchants can use to help them better ...

PCI DSS standards to face open comment

In Risk - By Chuck Miller, 25 June 2009 11:09 AM

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) is looking for feedback on its payment industry guidelines and plans to roll out an online tool to make providing input easier.

PCI appoints new board of advisors

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 19 May 2009 10:33 AM

A roster of new organisations will make up the second Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) board of advisors, including Bank of America, Wal-Mart and PayPal.

Heartland reveals cost of data breach

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 11 May 2009 10:53 AM

Payment processing firm Heartland Payment Systems has finally revealed that the massive data breach it suffered last year has cost the company over US$12.6 million ($A16.4m) in ...

Heartland again PCI compliant

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 4 May 2009 11:34 AM

Breached payment card processor Heartland Payment Systems has been again certified compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the company announced.

Visa risk chief: Reports of PCI's death exaggerated

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 20 March 2009 11:55 AM

Visa's top risk official has defended payment industry security guidelines, but also called on organisations to invest in constant monitoring, information sharing and new ...

Heartland, RBS WorldPay no longer PCI compliant: Visa

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 16 March 2009 10:57 AM

Visa announced on Friday that it has removed Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay -- two payment processors that have announced massive data breaches in recent months -- ...

Processor breach will not hit Heartland scale: analysts

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 2 March 2009 2:58 PM

A recent processor breach that was reported by Visa will not reach the scale of the Heartland compromise, according to analysts.

PCI to assess the assessors

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 19 November 2008 9:23 AM

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced a new programme designed to improve consistency.

Visa sets PCI compliance deadlines for rest of world

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 11 November 2008 10:03 AM

The largest merchants operating overseas will have less than two years to secure credit card transactions, Visa announced on Monday.

PCI DSS v1.2 tackles wireless security

In Networks - By Angelica Mari, 2 October 2008 10:02 AM

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has released version 1.2 of its Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

What not to do in the bid for compliance

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 2 September 2008 3:43 PM

Compliance experts have advised organisations not to rely solely on technology in their quest for compliance.

Details in upcoming PCI DSS released

In Risk - By Chuck Miller, 20 August 2008 9:57 AM

New changes in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 1.2 have been disclosed prior to its release in October.

PCI payment standards come into play

In Risk - By Clement James, 1 July 2008 9:47 AM

Companies have been warned to be aware of Section 6.6 of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard that comes into force today.

PCI standard 'ignores' insider threat

In Risk - 24 June 2008 8:41 AM

New measures implemented in section 6.6 of the PCI standard, do nothing to address the threat of insiders.

Retailers struggle to meet PCI deadline

In Risk - 20 May 2008 8:43 AM

Many retailers are not ready to meet the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) Section 6.6 deadline of 30 June, analyst firm Gartner has warned.

PCI standard version 1.2 expected out in October

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 16 May 2008 10:00 AM

The organisation charged with directing the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) announced the second version of the credit card protection guidelines is ...

PCI council clarifies impending application rule

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 25 April 2008 12:32 PM

The PCI Security Standards Council has clarified two key provisions of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

Visa launches intelligent decisioning service

In Risk - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 21 April 2008 9:51 AM

Visa Risk Manager will address fraud losses and help issuers approve a greater number of legitimate credit and debit transactions.

PCI council unveils payment application standard

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 17 April 2008 10:07 AM

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council has officially taken over control of a new data security standard from Visa.

Security expert slams PCI auditing

In Risk - By Clement James, 7 April 2008 3:20 PM

A recent security breach at US supermarket chain Hannaford Bros was almost certainly the work of hackers exploiting a single code flaw on internal systems, experts say..

Visa: Most merchants in compliance with PCI security standard

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 25 January 2008 9:47 AM

More than three-quarters of large U.S. merchants, and nearly two-thirds of medium-sized retailers, are in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI ...

PCI council to take over secure application standard

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 8 November 2007 2:43 PM

The body charged with managing and promoting the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) announced today it will soon administer another set of merchant ...

IBM offers firms PCI compliance

By Phil Muncaster, 5 November 2007 9:33 AM

Firms looking to comply with the UK Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) got a boost this week as IBM launched a new compliance solution designed to take ...

Retail lobby offers alternative to PCI standard

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 8 October 2007 10:20 AM

The world's largest retail lobby today announced a plan that might free merchants from some of the most complex requirements of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard.

SafeNet releases iKey USB token to meet PCI DSS

By Fiona Raisbeck, 27 September 2007 11:58 AM

SafeNet has released a new version of its iKey USB security token.

Firms failing to meet PCI security requirements

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 21 September 2007 1:06 PM

Good practice for data security should be embedded into firms' DNA, saysVeriSign

Wal-Mart, Bank of America, Microsoft to be represented on PCI standards council

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 28 May 2007 9:49 AM

Bank of America, Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores are three of 14 organisations that will make up the newly formed PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) Board of Advisors.

Payment card companies announce new PCI organization, update standard

By Ericka Chickowski, 8 September 2006 12:34 AM

The five leading payment card companies joined together today to update to announce the formation of an independent council to manage and enforce the Payment Card Industry ...

Visa upgrades PCI merchant classifications

By Ericka Chickowski, 26 July 2006 12:01 AM

The security experts at Visa announced that the company is changing the criteria for merchants required to comply with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.

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