India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 is now in its transition period. The government notified the DPDP Rules on 13 November…
Zero trust replaces location-based trust with per-request verification. What it means for CDEs, how it maps to PCI DSS, and a staged…
A lost phone does not mean lost cards. How device locks, token suspension, and remote wipe protect wallet payments, and the exact…
Employees and contractors with access to card data, refunds, and terminals cause quieter breaches. Insider risk patterns and the controls that catch…
Cloud providers are PCI compliant; your workloads aren't automatically. Mapping shared responsibility, scope, and the misconfigurations that cause breaches.
Virtual cards generate limited-use numbers with set amounts, merchants, and expiry. How VCNs work, where they shine in B2B, and their limits.
Ransomware against retailers and processors halts payment acceptance. Containment choices, offline fallbacks, and recovery priorities for payment ops.
TLS protects every card number in transit. Minimum versions, certificate management, pinning, and the misconfigurations that quietly break protection.
Phone payments drag call recordings, agents, and desktops into PCI scope. DTMF masking, pause-and-resume, and architectures that descope the contact center.
Payment SDKs, certificate pinning, root detection, secure storage, and deep-link risks: practical security for apps that take payments.