Businesses, in particular small to medium ones, often do not consider that they could be targeted by cybercrime. Unfortunately, the reality is that many small to medium businesses are now very much being targeted by cyber-criminals. The vast majority of criminals are opportunists, meaning that they will look to take advantage of any businesses that are […]
July 7th, 2016. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Small Merchant Taskforce was formed by the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) to address the needs of the small merchant market segment by providing simple guidance on protecting payment card data against theft. As a member of the PCI Small Merchant Taskforce. Natasja Bolton, Senior Acquirer […]
Global data breach and security threat reports continue to highlight that all organisations both large and small may be subject to cyber attacks. As Forbes pointed out in a recent article, in 2014 “60 percent of all targeted attacks struck small- and medium-sized organizations”. In previous blog entries, we discussed that these smaller organisations […]
