Survey Results
Data Security "High Priority" but PCI DSS Rules Poorly Understood
With the advent of new credit card security guidelines imposed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a credit card industry group, retailers across all sectors are scrambling to ensure they are in compliance. Failure to comply can result in significant fines for merchants imposed by credit card companies. To gauge awareness of the new standards in our industry we asked readers the following questions. Here is their collective response.
1. How familiar are you with PCI DSS?
Not familiar 45%
Somewhat familiar 32%
Very familiar 23%
2. Do you know and understand what steps to take to become PCI compliant?
No 64%
Yes 36%
3. Whom would you go to for help? (Results exceed 100 percent, as respondents could select multiple answers.)
Your credit card processor 82%
Your IT person 36%
Your point-of-sale software vendor 27%
Your trade association 9%
Other 9%
4. How important is data security to you and your business?
High priority 73%
Medium priority 27%
Low priority 0%
5. How safe is your company from data compromise?
Somewhat safe 69%
Very safe 21%
Not safe 10% |
