What is Secure Payments Day

Secure Payments Day is more than just another series of presentations. It is a day of interactive sessions, real-world experience and practical advice for creating a secure payment environment, and achieving PCI DSS compliance in the process. The Society of Payment Security Professionals has gathered industry thought-leaders to present their experiences and lead discussions on various topics.

Why should I attend?

The primary reason to experience this event is that understanding compliance, risk management and security can enable decisions that reduce the cost of the compliance cost by thousands of dollars and increase overall levels of security.

It does not make sense for companies to spend thousands of dollars more than they have to, but companies do all the time. The reason they do this is because they lack the information necessary to make the proper decisions. Instead of obtaining that knowledge they make assumptions, which in the end either put them out of compliance or just required more money to implement.

The secondary reason to attend is the opportunity to meet and colaborate with others in the industry. The Society of Payment Security Professionals (SPSP) is dedicated to connecting members of the payment card security community and enabling a place to share, exchange, and colaborate on ideas and information.

Business benefit: Companies that understand risk management for payment card data have the tools to make decisions that reduce the cost of their PCI compliance project by thousands of dollars. We believe that compliance is good, but should be the byproduct of a solid risk management program. These are real life examples of singular decisions and the cost savings they have had on business. Imagine being able to make decisions like this all the time.
  • Retailer segmented network properly to remove inventory warehouse from scope.
    ⇒ Eliminated software and hardware upgrade costs of $100,000.
  • Merchant leveraged existing systems for network segmentation.
    ⇒ Eliminated need for $50,000 in firewall upgrades.
  • Service provider leveraged compensating controls for certain requirements.
    ⇒ Reduced remediation costs by $25,000.
  • Manufacturing company reduced scope of Human Resource audit.
    ⇒ Saved $10,000 in background investigation fees.
  • Restaurant implemented secure third-party connections.
    ⇒ Eliminated need for $2,500 firewall and VPN.

Who should I bring?

This event will have content relevent to the following people:

What will I learn?

Business

IT/Security