Is anybody there? PCI Council Issues Standards for Mobile Compliance

The PCI Security Standards Council issued a document this week explaining its views on mobile payment security. It provides guidelines for “how merchants can securely accept payments using mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets.”

“The ability to use smartphones and tablets as point-of-sale terminals to accept payments in place of traditional hardware terminals offers great flexibility,” a prepared statement reads. “As mobile technology continues to change at a rapid pace, the Council continues to work with the industry to ensure data security remains at the forefront of mobile evolution.”

This latest educational resource is the product of the Council’s Mobile Working Group and is the result of valuable input from leading merchants, vendors and organizations actively involved in the mobile payment acceptance industry. The document helps to clarify the more complex technology and security terminology into straightforward, practical guidance that can help merchants to:

·         Better understand their responsibilities under PCI DSS, and how they translate to mobile payment acceptance

·         Leverage the benefits of the Council’s recently published Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) standard and programme

·         Choose a mobile payment acceptance solution that complements the merchant’s PCI DSS responsibilities, for example a P2PE solution provider

Have you read the full report ? What are your views?

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IP Payments advertise UK role on www.cardandpaymentjobs.com

IP Payment Solutions is an Australian founded and based company providing innovative leadership in corporate payment and PCI DSS solutions. We deliver highly customised solutions through a consultative led approach to our clients. Having grown rapidly, we are looking to expand into the UK and we are seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to join our forward thinking team on the 1st July 2012.
We encourage a professional, ethical, fun environment with a team of self-motivated individuals who embrace a work/life balance.
As part of the IP Payments team, the Business Development Manager is responsible for proactively identifying, developing and winning new business opportunities increasing the company’s revenue and profitability. 
The ideal candidate will also have extensive experience in designing and delivering solution focused presentations and proposals to clients at the mid to high end market.
Other responsibilities include:
• Gather and disseminate intelligence in order to deliver initiatives using current products and solutions
• Build, maintain and manage business development plans enabling a proactive approach to investment in activities
• Project manage complex deals and projects , balancing customers and partner requirements and needs with current priorities
• Deal with a range of issues with assigned partners from business sales through to delivering initiatives across markets using a suite of products and solutions.
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
• Self-driven, hands on, sales professional with exceptional work ethic
• Ability to provide exceptional service and solution options to clients
• Good understanding of the UK market dynamics
• A strong framework of contacts across the banking/payment sector
• Excellent knowledge of the payment industry including a technical background
• Good communication skills with the ability to liaise with clients at all levels
• Do to the complex and technical nature of the role the successful candidate must possess significant experience in producing statement of work, technical specs and work flow project management in the payment space
This is an outstanding opportunity to further your career in a dynamic and forward thinking payments environment.
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Global Payments breach affects up to 1.5m cardholders

US transaction processor Global Payments says that "less than 1,500,000 card numbers may have been exported" as a result of a systems breach.

 

Following media reports, the company was forced to confirm on Friday that it had identified and reported unauthorised access to its processing system in early March.

It is thought that only North America cardholders are affected, with 'Track 2' data - including account numbers - compromised but not names, addresses and social security numbers.

News of the breach saw trading in Global Payments shares halted after their price plunged by as much as 13.7% on Friday.

Visa has also removed the company from its list of approved service providers, telling it to revalidate as PCI DSS compliant.

 

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