11 May 2009: The Logic Group and MasterCard Worldwide today announced a new seminar for merchants to help them optimise their business through managing fraud and reputational risk.
The new seminar, titled PCI Perspectives – A Service Provider expands MasterCard’s PCI Merchant Education Program, an initiative offered to MasterCard acquiring bank customers to provide practical assistance in educating merchants and encouraging broader adoption of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
PCI Perspectives – A Service Provider looks at the issues of PCI as experienced by the service provider, highlighting in particular the approach taken and some of the lessons learned. The webinar will suggest areas to evaluate when assessing service providers and will consider the value of PCI DSS within the overall objectives of opportating a secure card processing service.
“Collaborating with MasterCard in the distribution and promotion of this seminar allows us to reach a large audience of critical stakeholders with an on-demand, easy-to-access format,” said Gareth Wokes, The Logic Group. “MasterCard selected a service provider’s perspective of PCI as a topic based on feedback from past seminar attendees, which indicates both a demand for actionable information in this area and responsiveness by MasterCard to the concerns of the merchant community.”
Since its inception, more than 2,670 registered acquiring banks and merchants have viewed MasterCard’s PCI Merchant Education Program online training modules more than 5,900 times. This seminar, which is available through The Logic Group’s website is one of three new seminars added this year, creating a total of 16 Web-based modules featuring actionable advice from MasterCard and industry experts. They are all available online at webcasts.com.
The PCI DSS sets forth requirements for enhancing payment account data security. The standard–which was developed by MasterCard and the other founding payment brands that comprise the PCI Security Standards Council–is intended to help companies safeguard payment account data. The multifaceted security standard includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures.
In addition to the PCI Merchant Education Program, the MasterCard Academy of Risk Management (ARM) offers a full curriculum of online seminars, global conferences, educational materials and other tools to help secure the payments system and promote secure commerce worldwide. More information on the PCI Merchant Education Program and other ongoing MasterCard security initiatives can be found online at mastercardsecurity.com, or merchants may contact their MasterCard SDP representative.
“Collaborating with MasterCard allows us to reach a large audience of critical PCI DSS stakeholders” – Gareth Wokes, Chairman, The Logic Group