BTerrell Group Blog

July 1, 2010, marks the date that credit card processing companies must validate that their customers are using a PA-DSS-certified payment application.

Although Sage ERP Accpac does not process or transmit credit card data, it does store data. To help you comply with PCI and PA-DSS requirements, Sage created a scrub utility to safely remove this data.

Failure to run the utility could result in fines and penalties, and it may include the risk of losing the ability to process credit card transactions altogether!

PCI-DSS is a set of requirements for enhancing payment account data security. Its standards include requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design, and other measures created to protect customer account data. Developed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International (the founders of the PCI Security Standards Council), PCI-DSS is designed to facilitate global adoption of consistent data security measures.

There are 12 requirements that fall into six categories: