Expected Slowdown in Card Data Security and Compliance

Free webinar by Coalfire, Omega and Conexxus will address the PCI 3.0 compliance requirements that are creating assessment hurdles for merchants.

February 11, 2015

DENVER – Despite a wave of credit card breaches last year that crippled everything from the restaurant to the retail industry, Coalfire, a leading global provider of cyber risk management and compliance solutions, announced it anticipates a slowdown in the number of merchants that meet credit card security requirements. The company will be partnering with Conexxus and Omega, a managed security services provider (MSSP) of retail data security solutions, to host a free webinar discussing the steps that merchants need to take to meet the new compliance mandates, which took effect on January 1, 2015.

The free webinar, “Top PCI 3.0 Challenges for Chain Merchants,” will be held March 11 at 3 p.m. EST and will cover issues specifically related to large convenience stores, quick service restaurants, gas stations and specialty retailers.

“Without changing their business-as-usual approach to card data security, merchants will not be able to meet the new PCI 3.0 mandates, even if they’ve met compliance in the past,” said Coalfire CEO Rick Dakin. “Our hope with this webinar is to educate merchants about what significant changes have occurred with PCI 3.0 and how they can make adjustments now to meet the standards.”

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards 3.0 (PCI-DSS 3.0) specifies several new compliance requirements, increased needs for network security, and information security measures that must be taken to ensure payments are secure. These standards are mandatory for all companies that accept, transmit or store credit card data.

Dakin said many merchants are approaching PCI compliance as they have in the past and not realizing the number of changes in the new mandate, which in turn, slows down their compliance certification process. The new standard contains 12 requirements and 400+ detailed sub-requirements to meet compliance.

More detailed validation requirements and changes in scoping requirements will be presented in the webinar. Webinar presenters will discuss changes in schedules, new self-assessment requirements, software, penetration testing, and scanning requirements that are now needed to meet PCI compliance. Space is limited, so register now for “Top PCI 3.0 Challenges for Chain Merchants.”

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