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PCI Compliance and Cards on File
When it comes to your customers’ information, sophisticated data protection is a must. Yet so many businesses continue to store sensitive customer data haphazardly. Keeping this raw information in filing cabinets or on your computer makes both you and your customers vulnerable to a number of risks.
Ursula Librizzi
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6 Information-Security Risks to Know About as You Prepare for 2019
As the owner of a small to medium-sized business, you probably understand the importance of information. Your company likely gathers a wealth of data from its various IT systems that you process, store, and even analyze to help make better tactical and strategic decisions.
Limor Leah Wainstein
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Why You Should Ditch Your Credit Card Processing Authorization Form
If you’ve been in business for long (or have been a patron at an old-school establishment), you’re likely all too familiar with the dreaded credit card processing authorization form. We say “dreaded” because these forms pose a number of issues for business owners that range from cumbersome to danger...
Christina Lavingia
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Why Tokenization Is Better Than Point to Point Encryption
Whether you’re a developer seeking an integrated payment solution or a business owner searching for a credit card processing partner, the security of cardholder data should be at the top of your checklist. When processing and storing credit card data via a terminal, the payment processing security s...
Ursula Librizzi
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How Retailers Can Reduce Risk and Ease PCI DSS Compliance
The retail industry is one of the most targeted industries for cyberattacks and data breaches. In fact, research shows that retail suffers more data breaches than the financial services, insurance and hospitality industries. Cybercriminals and hackers target retailers because they know they can easi...
Tim Critchley
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What Are AVS and CVV?
When a customer visits your business and pays with a credit card, it’s fairly easy to confirm the legitimacy of the purchase. A diligent cashier could ask to see photo ID to confirm that the person in front of her is, in fact, the cardholder. The name and face should match.
Christina Lavingia
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