PCI Security Standards Council says merchants of all sizes are increasingly at risk. Five best practices noted in version 3.0 of the PCI Data Security Standard will become requirements after June 30. The new Small Merchant Taskforce aims to help smaller merchants shore up their security and PCI compliance practices. Security expert: Small merchants will continue to face more breaches than larger organizations. The council’s launching of a task force is likely linked to these new requirements taking effect in June, security expert says. But Leach says the timing of the council’s creation of the taskforce and the new requirements are not related.”]
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