3. November 2009 Taste Budd's moved to 3dcart to become PCI compliant.
As of February 26, 2009, 3dCart has officially become PCI DDS compliant. In a growing effort to preserve the integrity of personal information, the PCI Security Standards Council has put forth a series of regulations online business must follow to ensure the security of online shopping. 3dCart has met and surpassed all standards outlined by the PCI Security Standards council with flying colors – not only did they invest in over $50,000 of state of the art network security software, but they have proven their security management, security policies, network architecture, and software design are protected and free of any vulnerabilities that may hinder your online business. In addition, all tests were conducted by two third party companies, SecurityMetrics and Plynt, which guarantees no shortcuts were taken in proving their compliancy.
What is PCI Compliance?
The PCI security standards are a blanket of regulations set in place to safeguard payment account data security. The council that develops and monitors these regulations are comprised of the leading providers in the payment industry: American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc. Inc. International. Essentially, they define the best practices for storing, transmitting, and handling of sensitive information over the internet.
