Friday, September 25, 2009

Getting PCI Compliant

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a global security standard set by the PCI Security Standards Council.  It applies to organisations that store, process or transmit cardholder information from any of the globally recognised card schemes, including Visa, Mastercard and American Express.


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In order to meet PCI Compliance your network needs to be scanned on a quarterly basis. 



Steps to obtaining your Network Scan
  1. Find out how many external facing IP addresses you have to be scanned.
  2. Email your request to askaboutcompliance@paypoint.net and we will reply with a scan consent form and availability for a scan time slot.
  3. Submit your form and IP address(es)
  4. We will issue you with a full report in the PCI DSS reporting format which you can provide to Paypoint.net, your bank or acquirer.
  5. Set yourself a reminder to email us every quarter re-scan your IP addresses:
    - Quarterly scans can be purchased in a support pack which includes a security advisor service.
    - The support pack includes a qualified security assessor by phone or email who you can ask for help if you need to.
  • Where can I get my scans done and what will it cost?
The scan is for all external facing IP addresses and costs £200 for 5 IPs. This includes a re-scan if you need it. Just email askaboutcompliance@paypoint.net for more info.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Why Actinic Upgrades?

Actinic shopping cart is a powerful desktop shopping cart solution with 12,000 users in the UK. This blog is about my journey to upgrade Megapixels Ltd v9 Actinic site www.datamind.co.uk. My aim is to gain a 'sustainable' competitive advantage by upgrading our Actinic site with new templates and add-ons etc.