Upgrading Your POS is Not Enough!

CIO Data Security Boot Camp provides information on PCI compliance, data security risk reduction and completing SAQs.

January 04, 2011

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Reducing your company??s exposure and risk to data breach is a complex and ongoing task. Criminals are increasingly using sophisticated approaches to exploit even certified POS systems. In fact, a certified POS without protections in the surrounding data environment are just as vulnerable as non-compliant systems!

PCATS and NACS have teamed up with Coalfire Systems Inc., an information technology audit and compliance firm, to deliver an intensive educational boot camp, on January 20, 2011, that teaches about payment card industry (PCI) compliance requirements and data security risk reduction, including deadlines, merchant levels and reporting and completing a self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ). The PCI compliance report and audit scope will be reviewed, as well as a complete overview of the 12-step process to validate compliance.

The vendor-neutral data security boot camp is intended to empower CIOs within the c-store industry by reviewing the processes and practices currently in place to support the flow of information and providing them with the steps necessary to protect customer data and better support their enterprise goals. It will help merchants understand the compliance requirements accurately and get advice on various approaches they can take to achieve proper compliance.

The registration fee for the CIO data security boot camp is $1,180. It includes access to the PCATS Annual Conference and related events. The cost after January 10 will be $1,380. Register today.

PCATS has a special room rate for all conference attendees at the Loews New Orleans Hotel of $135 per night. This special rate expires today ?" make your reservation now to guarantee the reduced room rate.

Find out more about PCI compliance and how NACS products ?" EZ PCI and TurboPCI ?" can help you navigate the complicated process of becoming compliant.

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