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    Victims of Payment Card Breaches Not Fully PCI DSS Compliant

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    Sean Michael Kerner
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    September 7, 2017
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      1Victims of Payment Card Breaches Not Fully PCI DSS Compliant

      1 - Victims of Payment Card Breaches Not Fully PCI DSS Compliant

      The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance regimen includes 12 key requirements and hundreds of related controls, all designed to keep payment data secure. According to the Verizon, no organization that has been breached in the past seven years was fully PCI DSS compliant at the time of the breach. That’s one of the high-level findings in the 60-page Verizon 2017 Payment Security Report. Another key finding is that only 55.4 percent of all organizations remain fully PCI DSS compliant one year after their initial assessment, although that is an improvement from 2015. Looking at specific industry verticals, Verizon found that nearly 60 percent of financial services organizations are PCI DSS compliant, while only 42.90 percent of those in the hospitality vertical are. In this slide show, eWEEK looks at some of the highlights from the Verizon 2017 Payment Security Report.

      2More Companies Are Remaining PCI DSS Compliant

      2 - More Companies Are Remaining PCI DSS Compliant

      According to Verizon’s report, 55.4 percent of the organizations it analyzed were still PCI DSS compliant one year after their initial assessment. In 2015, Verizon found that only 48.4 percent of organizations remained compliant after one year.

      3Most Organizations Don’t Use Vendor Defaults

      3 - Most Organizations Don't Use Vendor Defaults

      No. 2 on the list of the 12 top-level PCI DSS requirements mandates organizations to not use vendor-supplied defaults for credentials and assess. According to Verizon, 81.3 percent of assessed organizations are compliant with that requirement.

      4Security Testing Is Lacking

      4 - Security Testing Is Lacking

      Only 71. 9 percent of organizations are compliant with PCI DSS requirement 11, which requires organizations to test security systems and processes.

      5Financial Services Organizations Fare Better Than Average

      5 - Financial Services Organizations Fare Better Than Average

      Nearly six out of 10 (59.1 percent) financial services organizations are PCI DSS compliant, outperforming the total industry average of 55.4 percent.

      6Hospitality Is Worse Than Average When It Comes to Compliance

      6 - Hospitality Is Worse Than Average When It Comes to Compliance

      Only 42.9 percent of hospitality organizations—including hotels, restaurants, and travel and tourism companies—are PCI DSS compliant, far below the industry average.

      7Track Data or Get Breached

      7 - Track Data or Get Breached

      Verizon’s analysis found that 91.9 percent of companies assessed after a data breach were not in compliance with PCI DSS requirement 10 at the time of the breach. Requirement 10 mandates that organizations track and monitor access.

      8Most Organizations Are Not PCI DSS Compliant When Breached

      8 - Most Organizations Are Not PCI DSS Compliant When Breached

      Looking back over post-breach forensic information from 2010-2016, Verizon found that most breached organizations were not compliant with PCI DSS at the time of the breach.

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