Is Your WLAN Putting Your PCI Compliance at Risk?

Overview

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard was created in 2004 by major credit card companies - American Express, Discover Financial, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International - to provide security and privacy of customers' credit card data and personal information. The PCI standard sets specific guidelines for the storage, processing, and transmittal of all associated data in order to protect cardholders from identify theft. PCI compliance is mandatory for all merchants that store, process or transmit credit card data through retail stores, mail order, telephone order and online sites. Retailers that are not in compliance are subject to fines or suspension of credit card processing privileges.