June 2009 - Z Tekz by ZZ Servers - Information Technology Management and Consulting

Level 2 Merchants Required to Have On-Site Assessment by QSA

By Peter Zendzian / June 18, 2009 October 3, 2019

On June 15, 2009 MasterCard International introduced several changes to their Site Data Protection (SDP)program. Among these changes was a new requirement for Level 2 Merchants to undergo an on-site assessment by a Qualified Security Assessor in order to validate their PCI DSS compliance. The initial deadline for these validations is December 31, 2010. MasterCard has …

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Protecting your email address from domain spoofing with Kerio MailServer

By Peter Zendzian / June 3, 2009 October 3, 2019

Protect your email address from domain spoofing with Caller-ID and Sender Policy Framework You may have noticed an increase in a particular type of email spam, where the spammer uses your email address as the sender in an attempt to lower the spam rating of the message. In order to combat this type of spam, …

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Understanding PCI Levels and Types

By Peter Zendzian / June 2, 2009 October 3, 2019

Any merchant who accepts credit cards and has a merchant account must validate compliance. It does not matter if you use a 3rd party processor or if you outsource all of your credit card processing. It’s the ownership of the merchant account that defines if you must validate compliance. The only to avoid PCI compliance is …

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Month: June 2009