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• What is PCI compliance?

  If you're wondering exactly what is PCI compliance, the chances are you're one of the many business owners in Australia who've asked themselves this same question. Before answering this question, it's useful to begin by looking at what PCI (and its counterpart DSS) stands for.

• Opinion: Is your data safe and sound?

  Organisations invest a lot of time, money and effort in collecting, storing and mining data to derive positive outcomes for their business.

• Meeting the new PCI wireless requirements

  Beginning Sept. 30, Visa will require merchants and related businesses to conduct wireless security scans to prove compliance with version 1.2 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) which is designed to safeguard cardholder data from wireless threats.

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  Why 41 Percent of You Would Fail a PCI Audit

  Security vendors are launching a gazillion products this week at RSA Conference 2010, but hidden in all of those press releases are a few nuggets that illustrate the big picture trends.

• Australian company achieves PCI DSS certification

  The burden of payment card industry (PCI) compliance is costing Australian companies thousands of dollars each month as organizations struggle to meet the stringent requirements of the data security standard known as PCI DSS.

• New security rules on tap for credit-card handlers

  Companies that handle credit cards can expect to see revised security rules released in early October, according to the group responsible for maintaining the Payment Card Industry security standard for storage and processing of credit and debit cards.