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Getting Serious About PCI Compliance

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Overview With so many data breaches in the news and the card brands stepping up enforcement of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), merchants, banks and service providers are increasingly taking information security and compliance more seriously. New fines and incentives help make a strong business case for a PCI compliance program. This paper lays out the rationale for undertaking PCI compliance, outlines seven key steps in developing a compliance program and explains how to avoid some of common pitfalls en route to compliance.

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Publisher	RSA Security	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Standards, Security Management, Data Recovery - Security

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