Non-compliance is expensive

As companies are evaluating compliance strategies, the number one concern that comes up is ‘where is security going to fit within the budget?’ As more and more companies hit the headlines as victims of a data breach, PCI compliance is turning from a bare minimum line item to a customer ... Read More

2018 at PCI Pal in Review

As our organisation excitedly begins 2019, we are taking a moment to reflect on some of the highlights of 2018. Let’s recap, shall we? January 2018, we saw the year start in earnest as the team attended numerous events in both the UK and US, securing a PCI Excellence Award ... Read More

2018 Breaches in Review

As the calendar year is about to shift to 2019, we are reflecting on industry themes that ran through 2018. If businesses and consumers learned nothing else this year, it has been that even the most seemingly trusted and recognizable brands can be subject to a data breach. We’ve seen ... Read More
Paying over the phone

Payment security tips to be thankful for this Black Friday

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As Thanksgiving week is underway in the United States, people’s spending habits have increased substantially as families plan their grocery shopping lists for their family feasts, scour the Black Friday advertisements for deals, and begin bookmarking some of their favorite items online for Cyber Monday. With so many transactions, card ... Read More
Geoff Forsyth

Total Business Magazine Feature: Geoff Forsyth on Payment Card Security

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Geoff Forsyth featured in Total Business Magazine – click here to read the full article. If your company takes card payments from customers over the phone, you are responsible for keeping that data as safe and secure as possible – not just to protect your customers, but to protect your ... Read More
Customer Research ebook

This Is America: The Voice of The Consumer

| | News & Opinion
With data breaches on the rise and becoming more high profile, we decided to survey 2,000 consumers across the US to see what they felt when it comes to data security. Here’s what we uncovered: Our research showed that retail and travel were viewed as the least secure industries. This ... Read More
Scaling Up: PCI Compliance in an Advancing Organization

Scaling Up: PCI Compliance in an Advancing Organization

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As customer experience is becoming more and more important for gaining and retaining a customer base, we are seeing the SMB market grow at a rapid rate. These small and mid-sized businesses are agile enough to keep up with the ever-changing needs and desires of the evolving customer and are ... Read More