Every time a customer taps his or her credit card at checkout, it’s the retailer’s responsibility to process it and protect the cardholder’s data. But with so much data transmitted behind the scenes, ...

What is PCI compliance? Learn about the best way to build customer trust and protect your business against theft in the digital age with our PCI guide. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a compliance standard that specifies security requirements to be met by organizations that process, store, and transmit card data. This ...

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) will start enforcing requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1 under the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) beginning March 31, 2025. These changes will impact many ...

You likely accept credit and debit card payments every day. But with so much sensitive data, you need robust protection against hackers. Luckily, there is a standardized checklist of measures to ...

Northwestern Merchant locations or their representatives, including vendors and other TPSPs, may not enter into legally binding agreements with TPSPs processing or handling any type of CHD (Cardholder ...

This policy provides guidance about the importance of protecting payment card data and customer information. Failure to protect this information may result in financial loss for customers, suspension ...

All Northwestern University departments that accept credit/debit card payments are considered merchant locations and must process those payments in a secure manner. It is the responsibility of each ...

At the end of this year, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is expected to get an upgrade to version 4.0. It has been around since 2001 and isn’t getting as much attention in ...