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Visa, banks to test real-time fraud alerts

Credit card giant Visa is teaming up with with eight North American banks to deliver fraud alerts in real-time via SMS text messages and e-mails to cell phones. The pilot program will allow about 2,000 Visa cardholders to set thresholds that will trigger an immediate transaction alert...

Tags: Bank, Visa Inc., Transaction, Cardholder, Financial Services, Telecom & Utilities, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Apple Retail Store shopper to Steve Jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my ID

Update: Ignacio, who is the customer in this tale, informs The Consumerist thatthe store manager has apologized for asking for his ID. Apparently in a gracious mood, Ignacio has forgiven the store and plans to go in to shop soon. But he's doing so after all this: ...

Tags: Visa Inc., Steve Jobs, Card, Cardholder, Credit Card, Apple Inc., Citigroup Inc., Merchant, MasterCard International, Ignacio, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-20

38% of US households use a cashback credit card

New York Times' Damon Darlin collected all sorts of interesting trivia on rewards credit cards. 67% of all cardholders have a reward card in their wallets. That is up from about 50% of all cardholders in 2002. Since then, the number of households using a cash-back card has grown 38%,...

Tags: card, cardholder, reward card, credit card

Blog posts 2006-01-01

Credit card suit now seeks damages

Credit card suit now seeks damagesYou've got to be kiddingDid I read the article right? Does it really say that the credit card companies will NOT notify the affected cardholders unless their accounts are actually abused?As both a credit card user and a merchant accepting credit cards, I find...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, credit card, credit card company, cardholder, Equifax

Discussion threads 2005-07-07

64% of credit card companies still require SSN for online statements

Javelin Strategy & Research sent us some numbers regarding its survey of credit card issuers and ways to prevent identity theft. 64% of issuers still require full 9-­digit social security numbers when accessing online account information ...

Tags: Issuer, cardholder, issuer

Blog posts 2005-07-03

Only a fraction of lost cards are "high-risk"

Only a fraction of lost cards are "high-risk"B a s t a r d s ...They need to pay dearly.not suprisingI have little doubt that until we adopt a completely new set of standards, methods, and really a new physical network to handle this sort of high value...

Tags: card, cardholder

Discussion threads 2005-06-20

Smart Cards For Payment Systems

The payment card has been in existence for many years. It started in the form of a card embossed with details of the cardholder (account number, name, expiration date) which could be used at a point of sale to purchase goods or services. The magnetic stripe was soon introduced as...

Tags: Point-of-sale, Smart Card, Payment, Cardholder, THALES, Payment Card, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Operational Accounting, Security, Finance

White papers 2001-12-01

Additional Resources

PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment

This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that access servers and applications storing and using proprietary cardholder. BeyondTrust PowerBroker provides an auditable process that controls, monitors and records that access.

Tags: Data Center, Unix, BeyondTrust, BeyondTrust PowerBroker, PCI, Data Centers, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2009-10-14

Reducing the Cost of Achieving PCI Compliance with Lumension Compliance and IT Risk Management

Reducing the Cost of Achieving PCI Compliance with Lumension® Compliance and IT Risk Management Organizations across the globe are required to demonstrate PCI compliance to ensure that cardholder data is protected and secure from numerous internal and external threats. The challenge for most organizations is that demonstrating compliance is...

Tags: Information Technology, Compliance, PCI, Lumension Security Inc.

White papers 2009-09-12

The How and Why of PCI

Companies that offer online credit card transactions must understand and follow Payment Card Industry PCI standards, particularly the Data Security Standard DSS. This standard includes comprehensive requirements to secure and protect electronic payments, and to assure the privacy of customer account information. Compliance involves building and maintaining a secure network,...

Tags: PCI, MessageLabs Ltd., Operational Accounting, Security, Financial Services, Finance

White papers 2009-08-01

A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos

A good fit: Amazon gobbles up ZapposCan anyone say monopolization? So we only have one online retailer. Who cares? At least they will sell everything. Customer Service differences.I find Zappos customer service to be much better than Amazon (@ Amazon, it seems like you have to exchange 10 emails to...

Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Zappos, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

How the PCI Wireless Guidelines Apply to You

PCI Council Wireless SIG published wireless guidelines for PCI DSS. PCI Security Standards Council has acknowledged that wireless is a clear and present danger to network security and those who collect, store or transmit card holder data must take steps to assure that it is secure, whether or not wireless...

Tags: Wireless Security, Wireless, AirTight Networks, PCI Security Standards Council, PCI, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-07-23

PA-DSS Compliance and Commerce Toolkit for Applications

In 2004, the payment card brands aligned their individual cardholder data protection programs to create the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS This alignment in standards provides an industry-wide framework that forms the basis of each association's individual security programs The objective of the individual programs is to...

Tags: Payment, IP, IP Commerce, Operational Accounting, PCI, Finance, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-07-21

Achieving Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Compliance for Your Organisation

The Payment Security Industry Data Security Standards PCI DSS was initiated by the major global credit card companies in September 2006 to ensure merchants and other organisations meet their obligations to properly secure cardholder data and combat security vulnerabilities and threats. This paper discusses the obligations introduced by PCI DSS...

Tags: Payment, Salmat, Operational Accounting, Finance

White papers 2009-06-09

PCI DSS Compliance With IBM Power i

During recent years, merchants have been a target for financial fraud: For example, over 234 million records holding sensitive financial information were breached between 2005-2008 from payment card transactions and processing systems. Choosing the right security solution for corporate Power i environments is a challenging and important task, intended to...

Tags: Financial, PCI, IBM Corp., Raz-Lee, Security

White papers 2009-06-03

Achieving Compliance with PCI DSS v1.2 with Lumension® Solutions

PCI DSS applies to those organizations that store, transmit or process cardholder information payments; encompassing service providers, merchant acquirers, third party processors and even data storage entities. Processors represent organizations of significant transaction volume making them tantalizing targets for attack. The breaches in late 2008 and early 2009 of RBS...

Tags: Compliance, Lumension Security Inc., PCI DSS, PCI DSS Foundation, PCI, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-01

The Good, Bad and Necessary: The Complete Guide to PCI 6.6 Success

It seems that IT administrators and security professionals are always receiving notification of new rules, regulations and compliance codes that fall under their purview. And just when the necessary adjustments have been made, priorities shifted and new technology purchased, the rules are changed - yet again. The Payment Card Industry...

Tags: Breach Security, PCI DSS, PCI, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-01

PCI Compliance for Small Business: Using Router-Based Security to Protect Cardholder Data

The Payment Card Industry PCI Data Security Standard DSS was developed from an earlier regulatory program from VISA called the Cardholder Information Security Program CISP. Any organization that accepts, processes, or stores credit card information must comply with the standards set by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. Cisco...

Tags: Cisco IOS, Router, PCI, Small Business, Cisco Systems Inc., Security, Networking

White papers 2009-05-01

Protecting Cardholder Information: The Elusive Goal

The retail environment is a tempting target for criminals' intent on capturing cardholder information to create counterfeit payment cards or commit other fraudulent acts. While growing numbers of retailers are in compliance with the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS control objectives, this is not enough to...

Tags: Payment, VeriFone Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance

White papers 2009-04-01

Risk, Readiness and Redundancy: PCI Compliance Automation With Symantec Control Compliance Suite

For most of this decade, the major credit card companies have been aggressively developing standards to establish a common approach to protect the privacy and security of sensitive credit card data. In June 2001, Visa mandated the Cardholder Information Security Program CISP for merchants and financial institutions handling its card...

Tags: Visa Inc., Symantec Corp., Credit Card, Compliance, PCI, Automation, MasterCard International, Sales Channel, Security, Financial Services, Sales

White papers 2009-03-27