PCI Compliance: Best Practices in Payment Card Security

Surveys report that 55% of small businesses have had a data breach. Do you know how to protect your business?

Evaluating your compliance with PCI standards is a continual process. With the rapid growth in technology it is easier than ever to accept credit cards but it can also make you vulnerable to a security breach. This seminar will help you navigate the PCI standards and lower your risk of a costly breach.

You will:

· Learn best practices in payment card security

· Understand the self-assessment questionnaire and how to complete it

· Gain the knowledge you need to evaluate your outside vendors

· Walk away with valuable resources to help you improve your own processes

Who should attend:

This program is for anyone that collects, stores, transmits, or processes credit card information including Finance Managers, Business Owners, Accountants, IS Managers, IT Specialists, and Web Masters.

Fee / CEUs

$70 per person. Fee includes program materials and a continental breakfast. Participants attending this program will earn 3 Contact Hours (0.3 CEU’s).

Presenters

Lara M. Barrineau, Vice President of Strategic Partner Management at First Data Corporation, has over 20 years of industry experience. She has experience in customer sales, product fulfillment, dispute resolution, and media retrieval services. Ms. Barrineau has been in her current position since 2011, where she utilizes her inside knowledge of merchant acquiring and processing to improve program design, coordination and implementation, and her skills in building lasting relationships with financial partners and merchant clients to help them achieve results.

Paul Johnson, Risk Advisory Senior Manager at Wipfli CPAs and Consultants, works with clients to assess, improve, and test the security of their information systems. He also helps clients determine their compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and health care security compliance including HIPAA and HITECH. With over 20 years in the information technology (IT) and information security fields, Paul combines his various experiences with Wipfli’s methodologies and processes to provide clients with sound advice and services to improve their technical environments.

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