Help Net Security had the story: The last four years have been marked by continued growth in small business data compromise, yet small business owners are still missing the point of the PCI DSS, a ControlScan report reveals.
The report uncovers a stubborn, multi-year trend of minimal growth in data security awareness and overall indifference in small merchants' perceived risk of breach. For brick-and-mortar merchants the trend is even more disturbing, because their levels of awareness and concern fall well below those of the survey's ecommerce merchant respondents.
"Just under half of this year's respondents indicated they are unaware of the PCI DSS," said Joan Herbig, CEO of ControlScan. "That finding, combined with the fact that 79% of respondents think their business has little-to-no risk of breach, indicates a serious disconnect between Level 4 merchants and the ISOs and acquiring banks serving them."
This is hair-raising.
The report uncovers a stubborn, multi-year trend of minimal growth in data security awareness and overall indifference in small merchants' perceived risk of breach. For brick-and-mortar merchants the trend is even more disturbing, because their levels of awareness and concern fall well below those of the survey's ecommerce merchant respondents.
"Just under half of this year's respondents indicated they are unaware of the PCI DSS," said Joan Herbig, CEO of ControlScan. "That finding, combined with the fact that 79% of respondents think their business has little-to-no risk of breach, indicates a serious disconnect between Level 4 merchants and the ISOs and acquiring banks serving them."
This is hair-raising.
