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by NetWarNinja 4641 days ago
Paperwork was part of it. It's Crossing your T's and dotting your I's. Go price out a company who can do a PCI Audit for you. It starts at 40K and climbs rapidly.

Also who is minding the store? Are you a 24x7 operation? If you are you should have someone who is constantly monitoring your network. If you get breached and fail to disclose it you can be looking at jail time. Also if you do disclose you were breached you may be out of business.

Being a processor is not just creating an app that can process CC numbers. The security behind the scenes better be fort knox and you need to be constantly training your people about security. The first thing out of any persons mouth should be.

So tell me what is the secure method you will be using to transfer these CC numbers over to us?

Our developers are creating a new app and we need to make sure you are following security best practices.

Not to many developers think about security when developing apps. If you do get one who is security concious you better treat them like gold.

Don't even talk about the next upgrade to the Sales weasels otherwise they are selling it to the first customer who gets thier attention. Remember thier job is to sell and they will sell thier mother to close the deal. As soon as it's closed they get paid.