As of October 1, 2008 the PCI Data Security Standard version 1.2 became active. There are a number of changes to PCI DSS since version 1.1. Version 1.2 removes much of the ambiguity from earlier versions and provides additional details on items such as the use wireless devices.

One of the most valuable commodities in this day and age is your own personal information. The more we make purchases over the Internet or over the phone, in other words: not in person, the more important that information becomes. However, as security breaches receive more coverage and are more well known to the public, [...]

Organizations that process credit card payments are subject to fraud, hacking and many other security threats and vulnerabilities. Any company that processes, stores, or transmits credit card numbers must be PCI Compliant or else risks losing its rights and abilities to process credit card payments of any type. Merchants are required to validate compliance via [...]