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On 29 May 2007, at 15:30, Richard Davey wrote:

> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Tuesday, May 29, 2007, 3:26:18 PM, you wrote:
>
>> ...And as soon as you start handling the specific card data you have
>> a massive amount more responsibility on your hands. VISA and
>> MasterCard also require you to comply with the likes of PCI DSS
>> security standards. That means at the very least annual security
>> audits and added expense.
>
> Yup. Don't Visa even require that your *data center* is Visa security
> compliant these days? I know one of the DCs we use makes a big thing
> about it anyway.

Dunno... last one we had to fill in was for Streamline (natwest/rbs)  
a few years back and it was a joke.  It was 10 yes/no questions of  
the ilk: 'Is your server secure: yes/no' about as much use a  
chocolate teapot.  I hope they are a bit more useful nowadays.

-Matt

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