Credit Card Terminals And PCI Compliance
Here is a point of confusion that even I do not completely understand. Mainly because I do not understand why there is any confusion to begin with. I am writing about this because the PCI SSC and the...
View ArticleThe Threat Landscape Has Changed
In an earlier post, I discussed how the PCI DSS changes based on changes in the threat landscape. Attention, Robert Carr at Heartland Payment Systems and anyone else processing, storing or...
View ArticleExtremely Mobile Payment Processing
In a previous post I discussed mobile computing and PCI compliance. In the last couple of weeks I have been questioned about using mobile devices such as smartphones and Wi-Fi enabled PDAs as payment...
View ArticleThe Chip And PIN Debate – Part 3
In my last post I discussed the statistics surrounding the adoption of Chip and PIN. In this post I want to go back and discuss the issues from my old post regarding security risks regarding Chip and...
View ArticleA Carrot for Chip and PIN
On August 9, 2011, Visa USA announced an interesting program to give merchants a carrot to drive them to adopt dual-interface chip technology terminals that will accept EMV (aka Chip and PIN) as well...
View ArticleWhen Will The PCI SSC And Card Brands Stop The Mobile Payment Insanity?
This week PayPal introduced Here, their mobile payment processing application for Apple iOS and Android devices. The good news is that PayPal Here at least appears to encrypt cardholder data, but that...
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