Dying Is Easy, PCI Is Hard
Written by Evan SchumanAugust 23rd, 2007
PCI deployment isn't perfect, but it's quite impressive how far it's come given the mammoth obstacles. As its most public face, Visa has taken a lot of the criticism, but it also deserves much of the credit.
As a group, humans are a tough audience. Cruelly and quixotically, the more difficult and massive the task, the quicker we are to point out the shortcomings rather than praise the accomplishments. Please don't get me wrong. There are plenty of issues with PCI deployment today. But let's not be too quick to attack the very good for not achieving the unattainable perfection.
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Is there really an improvement between a mag swipe and contactless tap if multi-factor authentication is required?
-Ed
