PCI DSS: The Importance of Securing Payment Information

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a widely accepted set of compliance policies, rules and procedures designed to ensure the security of credit and debit card transactions and protect cardholders against identity fraud, America's fastest growing crime.

The goal of PCI DSS is to ensure the security of payment card data by education and issuing a set of standards. The card brands require that processors have compliant merchants, and the processors in turn require the merchants to comply. Fines and loss of credit card acceptance are the risks to the business.

Click Here Now to familarize yourself with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).  Why?  Because PCI DSS is important to a business wanting to avoid fines and the risks of noncompliance in the event of a breach of security both internal and external.

Q: To whom does PCI DSS apply?

A: PCI DSS applies to ALL organizations or merchants, regardless of size or number of  transactions, that accepts, transmits or stores any cardholder data. Said another way, if any customer of an organization ever pays the merchant directly using a credit card or debit card, then the PCI DSS requirements apply.

If you would like to learn more about PCI DSS, Register Now for the Client User Conference where we will share our experiences in order to help you prepare your business for the inevitable.

SMC Client User Conference staged for January 2012

Who should attend this Conference, your Conference? At the minimum, the Owner, and if possible, the General Manager.

Why? Because you will walk away with so much information it will be difficult (more like impossible) to relay the wide range of messages and then execute the processes upon your return to the real world.

Why else? In speaking with so many parking companies across North America, I find that 90% of the owners rely heavily on the opinions of their General Manager.

I have attended a handful of NPA (National Parking Association) Conferences since 2002, and with respect to the off-airport parking meetings, there is one roundtable to discuss how airport authorities are taking action across the country. Don't get me wrong, this is good information, but there is much more to the parking business. Most off-airport parking owners choose not to attend NPA is simply because the information does not pertain to their business.

Serious Questions:

Do you want more customers?

Do you want to keep your current customers?

Do you want to be more profitable?

Do you want to grow your occupancy levels?

Do you want to measure your success?

The best question is, would you like to be around fellow off-airport parking companies who may share one idea to help your business attract one new customer a day - 365 days? Powerful!

Based on your quick feedback for attending the conference, we hope to finalize all arrangements this month and have invitations out by September 1, 2011.