Theses updates improve the secure manufacture, production and delivery of payment cardsGreat news, the PCI SSC has been updated the PCI Card Production Security Requirements,Version 1.1. The updated standard helps payment card vendorssecure the components and sensitive data involved in the production of payment cards,protecting against fraud via the compromise of card materials. The standard…
New syntax about the CVE allocation nameDon’t forget, in few days we will need to change CVE syntax about Vulnerability declaration form. Check your system is compliant (IDS, IPS…) CVE has a new ID numbering format for CVE Identifiers (i.e., CVE-IDs) that requires organizations to take action to ensure their products, tools, websites, and processes…
Don’t trust on Apple Inc with Mozilla ProductsThis morning, I had received this alert from Mozilla Foundation about my Apple Product. Bad bad idea to trust on Apple Inc. Source : https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-90/ Security researcher Kent Howard reported an Apple issue present in OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) where log files are created by the CoreGraphics framework…
Exclude external link configuration from your server When you’re connect to your server, you have text say”Graph this data and manage this system at:https://landscape.canonical.com/“. I purpose to remove it but keeping all information for us locally. You need to edit the script locate here: /etc/update-motd.d# vi 50-landscape-sysinfo On this script we will add this option…
I had followed theses 9 steps for build my compliance in this last year. I think it’s a good approach for big processor and all PSP. Establishing the PCI Project (Actors, budget…). Determine the scope (CDE). Review the information Security Policy (ISP or PSSI for french people). Conduct Gap Analysis. Conduct Risk Analysis. Establish the…
The potential scope of your compliant CardHolderData Environment (Known CDE) may seem dating. A small merchant or a big processor have different level about security processes, documentations or time to secure this area. I have check lot of myths about PCI on my different experiences. In first, I will share with you 3 myths. Don’t listen any…
In my experience, the final consideration before getting started need to be regarding a more prioritized approach to achieving my PCI Compliance. The PCI Standards Council have come under pressure to help entities prioritize their approach to PCI and as such the table with six security milestones that will help merchants and other entities incrementally…
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council website isn(t a a security Website per se, but it is full of very useful and helpful security information related to the most far-reaching and comprehensive Industry security standards today. PCI DSS is applicable on any organization that process, transmit or stores payment cards data. So it’s…
Each Day, when I spoke with my QSAs, we try to follow this way : Respect all individual requirements on the 12 chapters and explain at all colleagues what’s PCI on few words. In first explain each chapter with theses definitions.
In 2001, Visa and MasterCard each intigated basic levels of credit card security Compliance programs, in wish both retailers (Known as Merchants), bank and all entities that provided cardholder authentification and authorisation services (Known as Service Provider). Visa has created CISP for US Market, AIS for European Market (Card Holder Information Security Programme) and MasterCard…
