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In the days of Solid-State Disks (SSD), RAID10 disk drive arrays, databases taking snapshots of data, automated backups, and active-active data mirroring; how does one reliably and securely destroy data?

PCI DSS requirement 2.2.1.a says “describe how system configurations verified that only one primary function per server is implemented.”

At a client site recently I was watching a customer service rep as she performed her duties during a PCI DSS interview, and noticed that when she went to add a new payment method, a whole list of saved card numbers (redacted) showed up in the PAN

PCI DSS Requirement 12.8 dictates that any organization involved in payment card processing—including merchants, processors, acquirers, issuers, and service providers—must have policies and procedures in place to manage its service providers.

Payment cards have been around a long time, and nefarious schemes to take advantage of them have been around almost as long. Since most people do not read the legal agreements they sign up to, they are unaware of their real responsibilities towards

The GDPR mantra of security and privacy “by design and by default” reminds us that in every respect of a new product program security and privacy are expected to be baked in from the very beginning. This means product requirement documentation,