Is your ability to process credit cards at risk?
Companies must be using a PCI-DSS compliant payment application by July 1, 2010, according the PCI Data Security Standards.
What is PCI-DSS Compliance?
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard established a set of requirements for enhancing the data security of payment accounts. The far-reaching requirements include standards for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design, and other measures created to protect customer account data.
The developers of the PCI-DSS (American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International collaborated on the standards in order to facilitate global adoption of consistent data security measures.
Review the twelve PCI-DSS compliance requirements:
Build and Maintain a Secure Network
- Install and maintain a firewall and use unique, high-security, passwords with special care to replace default passwords.
- Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters
Protect Cardholder Data
- Whenever possible, cardholder data must not be stored.
- You must also encrypt any data passed across public networks, including your shopping cart and web-hosting providers.
Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program
- Use anti-virus and keep it up date.
- Develop and maintain secure operating systems and payment applications. Ensure the applications you use are compliant (see www.visa.com/pabp).
Implement Strong Access Control Measures
We've created an online resource center to document PCI-DSS, and to assist you to achieve compliance before the deadline. Get access to the latest PCI Compliance regulations now.
Feel free to call us at 540-785-0268 for more information about PCI compliance issues.
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"Using the uniPoint Continuous Improvement Suite, we discovered that we were spending $6,000 per month, or $72,000 per year in Quality costs that we had no way to track before. A small improvement in these areas helped us pay for the software many times over, and in a few months." - Mike Malone, Quality Manager, J.R. Stephenson
Success stories like this one are the reason why we are inviting you to join us for our upcoming webinar, 'How to Manage a Lean Quality Compliant Process', on June 16th at 2pm ET.
We have retained Dean Antonakes, President of uniPoint Software and Jill TerSteeg, quality standard compliance expert from uniPoint Software, to share their expertise in quality and lean processes, and to discuss the business value organizations can derive from a quality compliance process. Register for the webinar and get more details on our blog...
Government regulations in the HR arena are increasingly posing threats to midsized businesses. Unfortunately many of these businesses are not aware of the regulations they should be complying with. You definitely would not want to find out that you were non-compliant the hard way, i.e. through imposed fines, or an employee lawsuit. While the following is not a comprehensive list, use the list as a starting point to determine if you should explore an HRMS.
Mistakes can lead to penalties and fines from the government, as well as expose your company to risk of costly employee lawsuits. An HRMS will help you determine which employment laws apply to your company and track the necessary information to comply with record keeping requirements.
Most of the regulations involve significant reporting requirements.
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Welcome to our Newest Clients
We are pleased to welcome our newest customers into our group, and want to extend a sincere "thanks" for the trust and confidence these clients have shown in us:
Bucky’s Muffler, a Computer Accounting Systems Client
Twenty20, a Computer Accounting Systems Client
Custom Carbide, a Preferred Logic Client
Posco, a WAC Client
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Source Consulting, Inc.
5504 Heritge Hills Circle
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
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Dane Karcher
dkarcher@2sci.com
540-785-0268
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