Special Note: Required by 07/01/2010
VISA/MC/AMEX and Discover will require all businesses nationwide that accept credit cards to be PCI compliant and use a PA DSS certified software or hardware application. (Procare's Tuition Express™ has already attained the highest level of
PCI compliance: Level 1).
VISA® Security Mandates
Tuition Express™ - integration, automation and state-of-the-art security for you and your customers
With Procare Software's all new v10, Tuition Express™ is PA DSS certified by VISA, MC, AMEX, and Discover. With the PA DSS certification Tuition Express™ is the only integrated service with both PCI DSS (back room security) and PA DSS (software application) certification.
PA DSS Benefits
CERTIFIED
PA DSS certification greatly minimizes the potential for security breaches since the latest technology is being used to thwart criminal exploitation.
FULL COVERAGE
Tuition Express™ is the only integrated service that is both PCI DSS (back room security) and PA DSS (software application) certified in the childcare software industry.
PROTECTION
Using a PA DSS certified software application helps to facilitate a center’s Level 3 & 4 PCI DSS compliance. If the center is PCI Compliant when a breach occurs then they are protected via Safe Harbor*
Risks Associated with Non-Certified Applications
TARGETED APPLICATIONS
Criminals know which applications are not certified and those are the systems they will target.
NO SAFE HARBOR
Using a non-certified application guarantees you will not be backed (legally) by Visa/MasterCard if a breach/compromise occurs.
NON-COMPLIANCE
Merchants using non-certified third-party applications cannot themselves become PCI compliant, which will be a Visa/MasterCard requirement in mid 2010.
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*Visa defines safe harbor as the following:
"Safe harbor provides members protection from Visa fines and compliance exposure in the event its merchant or service provider experiences a data compromise. To attain safe harbor status:
1. A member, merchant, or service provider must maintain full compliance at all times, including at the time of breach as demonstrated during a forensic investigation.
2. A member must demonstrate that prior to the compromise their merchant had already met the compliance validation requirements, demonstrating full compliance."