Virgil Floresca

PCI DSS certification safeguards payment data and fosters trust, benefiting merchants and service providers. Compliance is mandatory for any organization processing payments or providing services that impact the payment environment. This guide outlines the PCI DSS certification process and empowers merchants and service providers, giving them the knowledge and tools to strengthen their security posture … Read more

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 4.0 (PCI DSS 4.0), released in March 2022, introduced significant changes to the standard aimed at enhancing cardholder data security. These changes have a substantial impact on business compliance efforts.   Key Impacts of PCI DSS 4.0   Increased Focus on Cybersecurity Best Practices   PCI DSS 4.0 enhances … Read more

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a crucial part of business operations. It has become the standard for protecting payment card data by providing a comprehensive framework for organizations to safeguard cardholder information throughout the transaction process, from storage and transmission to processing and authentication. However, due to the constantly evolving … Read more

To meet the evolving and complex needs of payment security, the PCI Security Council, a global payment security forum, announced on March 31 it has published its version 4.0 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). PCI DSS provides a baseline of technical and operational PCI DSS compliance requirements that are designed to protect … Read more

Key objectives of the PCI DSS 4.0 update: Continue to provide the critical foundation for securing payment data Promote security as an ongoing process Improve flexibility for organizations using a wide range of technologies Enhance validation methods and procedures PCI 4.0 vs 3.2 Since version 3.2 of the PCI DSS was introduced, the technology used … Read more