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from /r/pcicompliance – help with anti-virus, Firewall and Audit Logs

Just a random question from /r/pcicompliance. PCI Compliance – help with anti-virus, Firewall and Audit Logs Curious if anyone has affordable solutions for anti-virus software, firewall and audit logs. Trying to help two retail stores become compliant. They use a POS software (that is itself PCI Compliance). They have macbooks at each location to swipe…

Travel Agent PCI DSS Deadline June 1 2017 UPDATE! EXTENSION FROM IATA

The countdown is on for IATA Accredited Agents to be Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant by June 1, 2017 IATA has issued the deadline to reduce the risks associated with payment card transactions and potential data breaches and made PCI DSS compliance a mandatory condition to obtain and retain accreditation as an…

Who is a service provider for a SAQ A ecommerce only Merchant?

The Scenario: Low volume ecommerce only merchant.  Website does a full redirect to a PCI compliant provider payment page so payment processing is fully outsourced.  The payment provider page is actually the Merchant’s acquirer (not a middleman). All processing of cardholder data is entirely outsourced to PCI DSS validated third-party service provider (the acquirer!). Merchant does…