If you’re in PCI pain, here’s how you can get some relief.

By Reported Donna Loyle

- Systems: Says Botelle, “If you have an old mainframe or other legacy systems, becoming compliant can turn out to be a big process.”

What are PCI’s benefits to merchants? The auditing process shows your company’s vulnerabilities to threats from the outside world, Botelle says.

Are there any technologies that can help? Ask your commerce management software provider if it offers any modules that can help you comply with the regulations. Commerce management software provider CommercialWare, for example, recently released updated versions of its CWDirect, CWStore and CWCollaborate solutions that reportedly allow merchants the ability to further encrypt credit card data, cloak credit card numbers, remove card security numbers after authorization, and produce an audit trail of when card data is viewed. For more, visit www.commercialware.com.