 you still need to comply with PCI DSS standards. For example, if your business receives charge-back and refund information, it is important to make sure this information is being protected.
If my hosting provider is PCI compliant, does that make me PCI compliant?
In short, the answer is no. As an eCommerce or website owner, you are ultimately responsible for the security of your website, which includes meeting PCI compliance standards. Your host does not automatically provide you PCI Compliance. In fact, most shared hosting environments are not PCI Compliant.
The average website experiences 63 attacks per day on average. With this in mind, it is important to understand the differences between the security your web host offers versus the security you’re responsible for. Your web host ensures that your website is being hosted in a secure server; however they are not responsible for protecting your website from cyber threats, or ensuring you are PCI compliant.
How do I get started with the PCI Compliance process?
First you will start by identifying the self-assessment questionnaire you are required to complete. The self-assessment you complete will depend on your business and how you accept payment online. For example, eCommerce merchants who outsource payment processing will complete a different questionnaire than merchants who take payment over the phone.
What do I do after I identify the correct PCI DSS Self-Assessment Questionnaire?
Once you’ve identified the correct self-assessment questionnaire, it is time to complete your questionnaire. It’s important to keep in mind that the questionnaire is 280 questions and may take several hours to complete. However, there are companies that specialize in making the PCI Compliance questionnaire process as easy as possible by providing a simplified questionnaire. These companies will use logic to pre-populate responses for you by section, which may save you a significant amount of time. In fact, depending on the type of questionnaire you’re completing and the company you’re getting help from, you may only need to answer 20 percent of the 280 questions.
Additionally, the application asks a series of business process, policy, and technical questions about your existing credit card security practices. If you need to make changes to your existing policies or need new policies, some security companies will customize a policy for you that you can download instantly.
What do I do after I complete the Self-Assessment Questionnaire?
Once you complete the questionnaire, then an initial and quarterly vulnerability scan by an approved PCI compliance scanning vendor may be required to maintain compliance. This vulnerability scan will check for any potential security weaknesses in your website and hosting server configuration. As we mentioned prior, 80% of companies fail their interim PCI compliance assessment, which is the assessment organizations need to perform in between their annual assessments. This confirms the importance of the vulnerability scan to help companies achieve and maintain compliance.
A vulnerability scan, also referred to as a website scan, is designed to complete a comprehensive scan of your website to identify vulnerabilities. A website vulnerability is a weakness or misconfiguration in a website or web application code that allows a cybercriminal to gain some level of control of your site. When vulnerabilities are exploited, cybercriminals can infect the website with malware. Malware, short for malicious software, can be used to harm your website and your website visitors, like steal your customers’ information or unknowingly redirect them to a malicious website.
How often do I need a vulnerability scan to meet PCI compliance standards?
If you are required to complete a vulnerability scan, then you will need to make sure you complete a scan every 90 days, or once per quarter. For the sake of convenience, it’s recommended you work with a company that can both help you complete your questionnaire and scan your website each quarter to ensure you are regularly complying with all standards.
As an additional security best practice, it’s best to scan your website on a daily basis to help identify vulnerabilities and malware as soon as they hit your website. This way, you never have to worry about whether or not you’re going to meet compliance standards each quarter. This will also ensure your website, visitors, and visitors’ payment information is protected from malicious cyber activity each and every day.
Fortunately for eCommerce owners, the consumer shopping survey conducted by SiteLock, referenced at the beginning of this article, found that 52 percent of respondents believe a secure payment network gives them more confident to shop online. This customer confidence can be achieved through the use of PCI compliance.
As an eCommerce website owner, it is your responsibility to ensure a safe shopping experience for your customers. SiteLock can help you become PCI compliant fast by providing a simplified self-assessment questionnaire. Not only that, but your website can be scanned for vulnerabilities the very same day. Call the SiteLock security experts today at 855-378-6200.“Interest deductibility has become a strong competitive feature of the UK tax system and economy, so it is not without risk for the Government to impose a limit on the amount of interest expenses that a company can deduct for tax purposes.
“Nevertheless, given how use of interest expenses to reduce corporation tax liabilities has been a key area highlighted in the OECD’s work on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) it was always likely that the Government would feel the need to act in this area.
“In the circumstances these proposals appear to be reasonably balanced and proportionate, with appropriate safeguards in place. With other major economies acting too in this area we should not end up putting ourselves at any significant competitive disadvantage, though this will only be the case if other countries do follow through with their promises to implement similar rules.
“The Government have been sensible in going for a limit of 30 per cent of a company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), at the upper end of the OECD’s ‘corridor’ of 10 – 30 per cent, as the limit for net deductions for interest.
“However even a 30 per cent limit would still have had a significant impact on infrastructure and real estate companies, who have particular factors driving them to have a high ratio of debt to EBITDA earnings for reasons unrelated to avoiding tax. It appears the Government have made provision for this by excluding public infrastructure from the 30 per cent limit and announcing that a group ratio rule will also apply, which is welcome and pragmatic.
“We also welcome provisions excluding companies which pose little risk of BEPS from the 30 per cent limit, such as those with a de minimis level of interest expense of £2 million net.
2. In the CIOT’s response to the Government’s consultation on this area the Institute argued specifically for a £2m de minimis threshold, and also supported the application of a group ratio rule and a public infrastructure exception.This is a nice healthy meal that is super filling. My husband likes going to Chipotle for lunch but the prices are too high for my liking. I decided to make my own version that my husband can take to work.
Toppings like: shredded lettuce, tomato, sour cream (I use plain nonfat Greek yogurt), shredded cheese, etc.
Add oil and saute the pepper until softened.
Add carrots and mushrooms and saute for a couple minutes more.
Add turkey and saute until there is almost no pink left.
Add seasonings and sofrito. Continue to cook turkey until it is fully cooked.
Add beans and tomato paste and cook for 2 more minutes until beans are heated through.
Place rice in the bottom of the bowl, top with meat mixture then the toppings that you like.
Nutritional Information does not include toppings.
That looks so delicious and healthy for you too. That's a big plus in my book. Going to try it out with my husband! Thanks for the share.
The burrito looks really delicious with turkey and a mix of healthy veggies.
I like bowls like that.. i have tried chipolote and i will say they are very good, but you are right, very expensive for a quick lunch.
Yum! Thanks for a healthy and delicious recipe. I also like that this blog is so well illustrated. Great job.
This looks super great! I would probably make it without the rice just to make it more healthy (without the carbs/ fewer calories!) Its nice that you can really customize it.
Now That Looks Delicious & So Healthy Will Have To Make Thank You!
That sounds like a yummy dinner that is healthy too.
Nom nom nom...who would have thought?! Looks yummy and NO MESS!
I love Chipotle and eat there at least 3 time a month. I don't do their bowls though and I don't get the beans or rice. I may try yours without the beans and rice as well. Thanks for sharing.
I love burritos and if I can have a healthy one, I'm all for it!
Mmmhmm that does look good. I bet it would be good as a vegetarian option too.
Yummy! I'm craving for Burrito right now and this post is just right in time :) I wanna try this when I go home later.
Your photos got me hungry and craving for a yummy and healthy meal..
This dish looks delicious. I am going to have to try to make this for myself. Thanks for the recipe.
This looks like something I would LOVE myself. I like dishes with rice in them.
That just looks incredibly yummy! I can't wait to give this a try!
Yummy, this looks very good and a great way to cut out a ton of carbs.
Awesome food photography, not an easy task. Great step by step instructions.

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