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StorefrontBacktalk - PA DSS Is Remarkably Misunderstood

31 October 2008

This is an article on Storefrontbacktalk that think everyone should see…  PA-DSS is a very misunderstood situation at the moment and has a LARGE number of software vendors suddenly scrambling for certification.

Their scrambling successfully (or unsuccessfully) is going to have real impact on the PCI standing and security posture of the entire retail community.  There are currently only 16 consulting organizations in the US that are performing this work and, as my employer (NetSPI) was one of the first 8 on the list, we are heavily focused on this aspect of the PCI standard.   There’s my plug for NetSPI…

Regardless of who does the work, PA-DSS is driving a lot of internal efforts at software development companies that are serving the retail and hospitality industries and it’s important to understand the standard as both a software developer and a retailer.

StorefrontBacktalk - PA DSS Is Remarkably Misunderstood.

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