11 PCI Compliance

DOI: 10.1201/b11355-11

A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn’t going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within will sink the American dream of liberty.

George Baumler

Virtually every organization that has something to sell allows patrons to use a credit card to make a payment or provide a donation. Without the capacity to process these credit cards, companies are crippled and cannot function in a profitable manner. Because of this fact, organizations are often entrusted with thousands of credit card numbers, as well as the customer data associated with those numbers, such as names, phone numbers, addresses, and even (sometimes) social security numbers.

A multitude of security concerns ...

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