PCI is just so damn interesting - it’s like a soap opera…  Seriously - if you don’t have to deal with it everyday, I’m sure (as a retailer) that you count yourself lucky, but honestly it’s a hoot.
The game at hand is a combination of punishment and liability avoidance - the case of Hannaford is a good example.  Just when you think it’s all over and Hannaford gets to pick up the pieces and move on, everything takes a new twist.  Now the Maine Supreme Court is getting involved and …

I’m late here, but another very good article from StorefrontBacktalk regarding the Hannaford breach and the reaction from Bill Homa.
StorefrontBacktalk - Former Hannaford CIO: Avoid Microsoft And Change PCIs Encryption Rules.
I think this one paragraph is particularly interesting:
As for the oft-repeated song that Hannaford was breached while PCI compliant indicates some sort of a PCI indictment, Homa said it comes down to two things: “Either the standards weren’t strong enough or the assessor wasn’t doing his job.”
I think this is an interesting statement for a couple of reasons - first …

So I just tossed out a link to an older article from RIS regarding PCI and the issues at Hannaford. As soon as I posted that, I ran into this article which is a short collection of responses including some from people that I have worked with and respect VERY highly.
Sunita Gupta is EVP for Lake West Group and Greb Buzek is President of IHL Consulting and both are people that I consider experts in the business of retail and in the application of technology within the industry.
Bud Wagner …

This is an article from March of this year that was published in RIS news. I realize it’s a little old, but I just stumbled across it…
PCI May Never Stop Hackers: Time to Rethink Security | News | RIS News: Business/Technology Insights for Retail, Supermarket Executives.
This article, in my opinion is both good and bad - first of all, it points out that PCI is not the end-all-be-all for security.
That’s good - it’s important for retailers to understand that PCI is just a ’snap-shot in time’ check on credit-card …