In Verizon’s 2019 Payment Security Report, it was revealed that in 2018 only 36.7% of businesses are fully compliant with the Payment Card Industry...
Nov 13, 2019 l PCI DSS, Data Protection, News
comforte AG to Partner with PCI Security Standards Council to Help Secure Payment Data Worldwide
—As Council's Newest Participating Organization, comforte AG to Contribute to the Development of PCI Security Standards—
Wiesbaden, Germany - 13...
Oct 29, 2019 l PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance
3 Benefits of Taking Data Out of PCI Audit Scope
Whether your company accepts payments at a store or restaurant, sells products or services through a website, or handles monthly payment billing, you...
Oct 21, 2019 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches, CCPA, Research, Trends, and Predictions
5 Trends Happening in Payments – Data Security is needed more than ever
A locally-famous Thai restaurant in San Diego County posted a message to customers requesting that they pay with a credit card, due to increased...
Oct 16, 2019 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance, CCPA
CCPA: Data Privacy like GDPR; Data Security like PCI DSS
Comparisons have already been drawn about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), calling it ‘the GDPR for California residents.’ However,...
Nov 29, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance
Why Data-Centric Security Should be a Part of your GDPR Strategy
If you went to any security conference, tradeshow, or read any industry journals in 2018 you would've found yourself bombarded by lots of information...
Sep 28, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches
Cybercrime Doesn't Follow Regulations - Part III: What's Next?
In the past two blog posts we looked at regulations, the history of hacking, and cybercrime today.
Sep 18, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance
Cybercrime doesn't Follow Regulations - Part II: the Evolution of Hacking
There is a basic question we want to answer in this series: Is it really true that “compliance isn’t security”?
We started with lessons from the past...
Sep 7, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance
Cybercrime doesn't Follow Regulations - Part I: Lessons from the Past
"Compliance isn't security - even if you're compliant, you aren't necessarily secure".
I recently heard this quote at an event for the payments...