It is the Client's responsibility to satisfy the PCI Security Standards Council's "PCI Data Security Standards" (PCI-DSS) by July 1, 2010 (which was yesterday)...    or be subject to increased Fines

As previously announced (most-recently on June 1, 2010), it should be imperative that your Business operations adhere to the PCI-Compliance standards.

Click on this Abacus 21's PCI-Compliance Considerations link for further information on this.

However, particularly important with respect to your Abacus 21 Software, amongst the details presented in the above Considerations list is that:

If you are currently utilizing any of Abacus 21's Credit-Card Processing functions, you must enlist for the Abacus 21's PCI-Enhancement Add-On's (in order to fulfill the requirements of PCI-Compliance within Abacus 21's Credit Card Processing) -- which may pertain to the areas of:

• Food/Beverage Point-of-Sale
• Retail Point-of-Sale
• Account Receivable Factoring
• Event-Function-Party-Spa-Tennis-TeeTimes Guarantees
• Room Accommodations Guarantees, Pre-Authorization, or Settlement
• Shift4's It's-Your-Card

In order to accomplish this, it will be necessary to get up to proper Release Levels of Abacus 21's Product -- and to purchase the appropriate number of PCI-Enhancement Add-On Licenses for the number of POS-Stations or Workstations involved in the above pertinent applications.

Equally important for your complying with the PCI-DSS standards is to ensure that your Abacus Database(s) are cleared of all PCI-sensitive information data -- which could include having to remove:

• Old Credit-Card References from F/B, Retail, or Other Point-of-Sale Transaction History Payment Records.  (All "Live" POS Transactions should be posted through or voided thru normal processes -- although Abacus 21 can also assist in these efforts is there is 'massive debris' left over in the Live-POS files)
• Credit-Card References that may be residing in 'Guarantee' fields.
• Credit-Card References that may be stored for A/R-Factoring (EFT)
• Social-Security Numbers -- for Members, Clients, or Staff
• Any PCI-Sensitive Data that you may have stashed in User-Defined Fields

In order to accomplish this, Abacus 21 offers a variety of Housekeeping Services -- appropriate for each type of 'clean-out'.

Note:  In order for your Business to be PCI-DSS compliant, it is necessary for your Property to comply with all of the PCI-DSS mandates -- several of which pertain to the Abacus 21 aspects of your operation.  In order for the Abacus 21 aspects to fulfill the PCI-compliant status, it is crucial that you implement all of requisite provisions mentioned above that are pertinent to your operations... and that you undertake the appropriate 'clean-up' tasks.

Pricing for the PCI-Compliant Add-On's for the Credit Card Processing elements have been previously published -- and included Discounts based on the Quantity of POS-Stations & Workstations involved.

• Please note that these Quantity-Discounts will be available only until July 14, 2010 -- so please contact Alice Rostad, Alice@Abacus21.com, 716-873-2155 x201 as soon as possible to make arrangements.

Keep in mind, for those Clients who have not already made arrangements for this, you are already in potential jeopardy... as VISA has already indicated they will begin monitoring and enforcement July 1, 2010.


Click here for a copy of the PCI-Compliance & Housekeeping Request & Authorization Form and Pricing.

For further information contact Abacus 21 Support or Abacus 21 Sales.