December 30, 2008 3:21 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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What is SAS 70?When ushering in the new year festivities, keep in mind that a number of regulatory compliance issues will be facing your organization also as 2009 looms just around the corner. No, they're not stocking stuffers, rather, they can be considered expensive, time-consuming, and arduous, to say the...
December 30, 2008 2:08 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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PCI,
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pci dss requirement 1.1.2Is your organization seeking to become Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) compliant for 2009? Are you a merchant or service provider that is directly involved in the processing, storage, or transmission of transaction data or cardholder data? If you answered yes to these...
November 23, 2008 7:24 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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sas 70 audit reportPayment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) compliance for PCI DSS requirement 1.1.2 calls for "Current network diagram with all connections to cardholder data, including any wireless networks" Thus, testing for validating...
November 23, 2008 7:14 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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PCI,
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qsaPCI DSS Requirement 1.1.1 calls for "A formal process for approving and testing all network connections and changes to the firewall and router configurations". Thus, the test to validate this, in accordance with PCI DSS 1.2 standards is to...
November 23, 2008 7:03 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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requirement 1.1Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) for Requirement 1.1 require organizations to "Establish firewall and router configuration standards". This requirement falls under the functional area of the overall Requirement...
November 13, 2008 3:28 AM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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PCI,
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service providersAre you a merchant or service provider that needs to be Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance? Are you an entity directly involved in the processing, storage, or transmission of transaction data or cardholder data? If so, then read on because one of the most important...
November 12, 2008 3:55 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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service providersIf you are a merchant or service organization and need to be payment card industry (PCI) compliant with the PCI DSS provisions, then there are a number of important points you need to know. First and foremost, you need to identify what level you are in accordance with PCI DSS requirements. You can...
October 27, 2008 8:51 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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pci assessment,
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policies and procedures,
qsaPCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. If you are a merchant or service provider who is directly involved in the processing, storage, or transmission of transaction data or cardholder data, then you should be looked upon as PCI...