Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken
by CaptSpify on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @04:53PM
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The problem I had with PCI DSS is that you could check the boxes and if you are never audited, you don't actually have to fix those problems. I worked for a place that ran that way for ~3 years.
Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken
by kbenson on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:38PM
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Yeah, it is a sort of honor system, but I'm sure if you were hacked, and they see you aren't compliant, it won't go well for you. The fines get steep fairly quick[1][2]. Considering it mentions you might be charged $50-$90 per card even if you are compliant. Although I think those are actually fees for the issuers, I can't imagine they don't have a way to pass then along to merchants.
1: http://www.focusonpci.com/site/index.php/pci-101/pci-noncomp...
I'm pretty sure this is required because the card industry can't insure against risk accurately without a base level of assurance that your company isn't some fly-by-night IT hellhole. The same concept would likely apply towards any security insurance that was put forth. You would need to certify that certain steps had been taken, and certain future actions would not be taken, for it to be valid.