Survey: Level 4s Recognition Of PCI High, Understanding Of It Almost Nil
Written by Evan SchumanAugust 13th, 2009
When the National Retail Federation released a report on Monday (Aug. 10) that said smaller retailers—Level 4s—now said they were "familiar" with PCI, it was hailed as a major step forward. That's setting the bar mighty low, even for the smallest of retailers.
But the more important question raised in the report is whether those merchants have an unrealistic sense of how vulnerable they are to data breaches. The problem is that the report didn't sufficiently track who said what, making it impossible to determine whether any one merchant's appraisal was legitimate or not.
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August 13th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
There is still a long way to go in regard to educating small retailers. It’s interesting to note, also, that the survey suggests that small retailers don’t believe they’re even at risk.