PCI DSS Compliance
PCI DSS Certification in India: Process, Cost, Levels and Who Needs It
“PCI DSS certification” is one of the most common compliance searches from Indian businesses that take card payments. The term is slightly…
Best Practices & How-To
Zero Trust for Payment Environments: Beyond the Segmented Perimeter
Zero trust replaces location-based trust with per-request verification. What it means for CDEs, how it maps to PCI DSS, and a staged…
Best Practices & How-To
PCI DSS in the Cloud: Who Secures What in AWS, Azure, and GCP
Cloud providers are PCI compliant; your workloads aren't automatically. Mapping shared responsibility, scope, and the misconfigurations that cause breaches.
PCI DSS Compliance
PCI DSS Requirement 10: Logging and Monitoring That Survives an Investigation
Requirement 10 defines what payment environments must log, how logs are protected, and daily review duties. A practical implementation guide.
Best Practices & How-To
Taking Card Payments by Phone: Call Center Security and PCI Scope
Phone payments drag call recordings, agents, and desktops into PCI scope. DTMF masking, pause-and-resume, and architectures that descope the contact center.
Regulations & Standards
What Card Data Are You Allowed to Store? SAD, Retention, and the Rules
PCI DSS permits storing some card data and bans other data outright. The SAD rules, masking and truncation requirements, and retention limits.
PCI DSS Compliance
PCI DSS for Small Businesses: A Realistic Path for Level 4 Merchants
Small merchants face PCI DSS too — but scope, not spending, decides the burden. A realistic compliance path without an enterprise budget.
Best Practices & How-To
Managing Third-Party Payment Providers: A TPSP Risk Playbook for PCI DSS
Outsourcing payments doesn't outsource accountability. Build a TPSP program: due diligence, AOC reviews, responsibility matrices, monitoring.
Data Breaches & Incident Response
Inside a PFI Investigation: What Happens After a Suspected Card Data Breach
When card brands suspect a breach, a PCI Forensic Investigator may be mandated. What PFIs do, who pays, and how to prepare…
PCI DSS Compliance
Network Segmentation Testing: Proving Your PCI Boundary Actually Holds
Segmentation only reduces PCI scope if you can prove it works. What segmentation penetration testing involves, who needs it, and how often.