How Online Businesses Can Meet New Data Security Requirements
Forbes December 2, 2024
Rupesh Chokshi is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Akamai‘s Application Security Portfolio.
For businesses that handle payment card data, there’s a big deadline looming: March 31, 2025. That’s the date by which they are required to comply with all requirements of the latest version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PCI DSS 4.0. Many of the updated requirements call for significant improvements in the area of application security, including application programming interfaces (APIs) and JavaScript applications.
PCI DSS is the global standard focused on strengthening payment card data security online. Why the update? While credit and debit cards have long been indispensable financial tools for consumers, they have recently become prime targets for bad actors seeking...