Sysnet Launches Tailored PCI DSS Solution for Payment Facilitators
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Sysnet Launches Tailored PCI DSS Solution for Payment Facilitators

October 2, 2019, Dublin, Ireland – Atlanta, Georgia – London, United Kingdom – Sysnet Global Solutions has announced the launch of its PCI DSS solution designed to help payment facilitators,  their sub-merchants, and their Acquirers increase PCI compliance and reduce risk.   The PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of […]

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What is it that makes a Level 4 Merchant High-risk?

Mastercard has set a deadline for acquiring organisations to manage risk in their Level 4 Merchant portfolio. Mastercard’s updated Site Data Protection (SDP) Program rules expect PCI DSS compliance validation from your high-risk merchants.   Mastercard requires all acquirers to have a Level 4 risk management programme in place to meet the updated SDP requirements. […]

What you need to know about Point to Point Encryption
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What you need to know about Point to Point Encryption (P2PE)

by Michael Hopewell, Managing Information Security Consultant.   Introduction Many businesses have heard about Point to Point Encryption (P2PE). Point of Sale vendors, service providers and others often mention its benefits to businesses: P2PE can reduce risk to payment card data by rendering it unreadable, minimise the number of systems and networks in scope for […]

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Maintaining Your Compliance with the PCI DSS – All Year Round

Compliance with the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is mandatory for all businesses accepting cards for payment. The Standard ensures appropriate security protocols are applied to your payment acceptance environment to protect against fraud.   In its simplest form, the process of achieving compliance involves a scoping (or profiling) stage, which determines […]

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Ask a QSA – Mobile attack rates: how can your business customers better secure their m-commerce channel?

By Sam Pfanstiel, QSA, QSA(P2PE), QPA, PA-QSA, SSF, SSA, SSLCA Ask a QSA recently received the following query from an acquirer and we felt that this may be of interest to our readers. Merchants had been asking their acquirer “how can we better secure our m-commerce channel?” It’s a good question. Recent research has shown […]

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Proactive Data Security – take the PCI compliance burden away from small business and make them secure

Many smaller business owners simply don’t have the time or resources to comply with PCI. As a result, they often end up paying ongoing, non-compliance fees leaving them vulnerable to security breaches.   So what’s the solution? It’s simple, take the burden away from smaller merchants by providing them with a managed compliance and security […]

The TLS deadline is fast approaching. What it is & how we can help your customers be prepared
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The TLS deadline is fast approaching. We examine what it is and how we can help your customers be prepared

With the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) 30th June 2018 deadline fast approaching, it’s important that your customers are prepared to migrate to a secure version of TLS .   Back in October of last year, Sysnet’s Natasja Bolton, Senior Acquirer Support QSA, highlighted the key factors as to what the TLS […]

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An alternative approach to non-compliance fees

Despite various approaches that some acquirers take to try and engage with businesses when it comes to compliance programs, some merchants simply do not engage. The traditional approach of driving compliance via non-compliance fees unfortunately doesn’t always produce results and can also lead to a negative association with the brand of the acquirer in the eyes […]

The PCI DSS v3.2 requirements that become effective from February 2018
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The PCI DSS v3.2 requirements that become effective from February 2018

By Francis Kyereh, Information Security Consultant Maintaining payment security is required for all entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data. Guidance for maintaining payment security is provided in PCI security standards. These set the technical and operational requirements for organisations accepting or processing payment transactions. The PCI DSS Version 3.2, containing nine new requirements […]

Understanding the scope for PCI DSS
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Understanding the scope for PCI DSS

When undertaking any kind of PCI DSS assessment, whether it is a formal assessment or self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ), the most important thing is ensuring that the scope is correct. Without an understanding of the scope, systems may be overlooked and/or insufficient security controls applied. This may lead to a risk of data breach.   Conversely, […]

Demystifying PCI DSS requirements: Penetration/segmentation testing
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Demystifying PCI DSS requirements: Penetration/segmentation testing

By Mat Clarke, Information Security Analyst Introduction Testing the security of any network infrastructure and applications which are involved in the storing, processing or transmitting of cardholder data is often a key part of maintaining compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements.   Along with internal and external vulnerability scanning (only […]

PCI Council deadline - Are Your Customers Ready for 30 June 2018? 
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PCI Council deadline – Are Your Customers Ready for 30 June 2018? 

By Natasja Bolton, Senior Acquirer Support QSA Back in January 2016, we highlighted the PCI Council’s extension of the migration completion date for transitioning from SSL and TLS 1.0 to a secure version of TLS (currently v1.1 or higher).  Now, with just 8 months to go until the migration date deadline, we’re here to ask: […]

What you need to know about Point-to-Point Encryption 
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What you need to know about Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE)

Many businesses are often unaware that ensuring their payment terminals are part of a Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Solution can carry considerable benefits when it comes to simplifying their PCI DSS compliance. As we discovered here at Sysnet, the reason why many businesses are not aware of P2PE and its benefits is that they often find […]

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Growth in payment card transactions makes PCI DSS compliance more important than ever

by Natasja Bolton, Senior Acquirer Support QSA The UK Cards Association’s 2017 report on UK Card Payments, released on 19th June 2017, reported a doubling of debit and credit card purchases in the last 10 years.  The volume of card transactions reached 16.4 billion in 2016, an increase of 146% from 2006, even though the […]

Elavon partners with Sysnet to provide their EU customers with Secured Pro
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Elavon partners with Sysnet to provide their EU customers with Secured Pro

May 17th 2017. Today, Sysnet Global Solutions a leading provider of cyber security and compliance solutions to the payments industry, announced that it has partnered with Elavon Merchant Services to develop Secured Pro; a managed PCI compliance validation and cyber security service that offers enhanced protection against fraud and payment security breaches.   “A new […]

ASV external vulnerability scans explained
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ASV external vulnerability scans explained

Requirement 11.2.2 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, otherwise known as the ASV scanning requirement, affects a significant number of businesses. These businesses need to engage an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV to run external vulnerability scans quarterly.   It can be difficult for these companies to understand what ASV external vulnerability scanning is, […]

Sysnet officially opens Atlanta based Customer Contact Center
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Sysnet officially opens Atlanta based Customer Contact Centre

March 9th, 2017, Dublin, Ireland / Atlanta, Georgia. Today, Commissioner Pat Wilson of the Georgia Department of Economic Development officially opened Sysnet’s new customer contact centre located at 1001 Perimeter Summit Boulevard. Sysnet Global Solutions is a leading provider of cyber security and compliance solutions to the payments industry.   The new centre will provide services […]

Our expertise will make your outreach campaign a success
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Outreach campaign success

Conducting an outreach campaign can be tricky to get right as well as resource heavy. Responding to market conditions while also proactively engaging your customers through their preferred channels can be difficult to achieve successfully. It can make sense to outsource, however often providers are not specialised or experienced enough in conducting an outreach security and compliance […]

New PCI SSC Scoping & Segmentation Guidance: what does it mean?
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New PCI SSC Scoping & Segmentation Guidance: what does it mean?

By Natasja Bolton, Senior Acquirer Support QSA   Since the earliest iterations of the PCI DSS, the standard has included the requirement for scoping and has referenced network segmentation as a method of reducing the scope, cost and difficulty of a PCI DSS assessment. For just as long organisations, QSAs and ISAs have been seeking further guidance […]

Data breach: Prepare your Business
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Data breach: Prepare your Business

The PCI DSS v3.2 Self-Assessment Questionnaires requires that all merchants have an Incident Response Plan, regardless of their size, volume of transactions or the extent to which they have outsourced the handling of payment card data. This is to make sure they can respond effectively in the event of a breach that could impact payment […]

Demystifying existing non-listed P2PE Solutions
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Demystifying existing non-listed P2PE Solutions

by Leon van Aswegen, Senior Consulting Manager   In the last two years, the PCI P2PE Standard has gained in popularity amongst Acquirers, Solution Providers, Merchants and their assessing QSAs.   This is because PCI P2PE Solutions provide independently assured protection for account data from the point of capture, reducing where and how PCI DSS […]

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Cyber security threats – Keeping your customers safe with proactive data security services

  In a previous article, written by Sysnet’s Paul Prior, Paul mentioned how he believed that a change was necessary in the industry. A move away from using non-compliance fees as a mechanism to drive engagement and compliance.   He highlighted that most of Sysnet’s clients are evangelising the importance of PCI DSS, however not […]