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The evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats and the increasingly stringent requirements of PCI DSS 4.0 can be overwhelming for online merchants. By partnering with companies like VGS and HUMAN, merchants can streamline the process of complying with these complex standards.

VGS is pleased to announce that we successfully completed the SOC 2 Type II assessment after undergoing a comprehensive annual review that confirmed our fulfillment of all system requirements based on the trust services criteria outlined by the AICPA.

PCI compliance is an industry-standard set to keep sensitive payment data safe. Any business that handles credit or debit cardholder data must achieve PCI compliance. It was created by a council of major credit card providers – the PCI Security Standards Council, or PCI SSC – to help prevent credit and debit card data theft.

Unsure what exactly you need to know about PCI Compliance? Here’s a crash course on the PCI Data Security Standard, including the most cost-effective path to securing cardholder data, PCI compliance best practices and benefits, what it takes to get PCI certified, and much more.

The second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), issued on September 14th, 2019, has introduced new requirements for banks to reduce fraud, called strong customer authentication (SCA) requirements. This new PSD2 SCA regulation will be critical to advancing cybersecurity in Europe, especially as the fraud rate continues to climb. In this brief guide, we’ll cover all the key facts you can’t go without.

In the context of data protection, modern digital businesses realize the dangers that come with using sensitive information in its raw form. Figuring out a way to collect and use the original data without putting it at risk remains a challenge, and organizations must channel a lot of their resources into IT security that protects their users’ sensitive data like credit card numbers and other cardholder information.

With so many highly-publicized data breaches hitting newspaper headlines in recent years, including a massive Capital One data breach in 2019, it has become more important than ever to protect sensitive consumer data and limit its exposure to data leaks.