PCC_DSS compliant? Never heard of it?
Well, if you take any form of electronic payment from credit, debit, or corporate cards that are labeled by VISA or Master Card, you SHOULD know what PCI-DSS is.
In short, PCI-DSS is a standard that ensures that your customer’s private information is secure to attacks, or even simple mistakes, and will not leave the walls of the business (or in many cases, the servers on which the data is stored).
Two mistakes are common. The first is running your POS (point-of-sale) system on the same network as an internet connect, often shared out to workers, or even customers on an unsecured network. This is just asking a thief to access the data as it is transmitted, or simply sitting in the queue waiting to be processed by the banks.
The second mistake is not thinking that your POS has any secure information stored. You would be surprised at the amount of data transmitted every time that credit card is swiped, keyed, or read.
Take a few minutes to watch this and see what an extreme case of non-compliance can do to a business, then take the time to locate a professional (like BeBizzy Consulting) who can help you make sure you are 100% compliant with PCI-DSS so if a breach DOES occur, you are protected against the thousands of dollars in fines that can be levied in your direction.
Stay Bizzy!
