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  The PCI Digital Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of internationally-recognized security standards that exist to protect the sensitive data associated with payment accounts. These standards apply to any organization or other entity that manages cardholder data. As of March 2022, PCI DSS v4.0 is the most current version of these standards, though v3.2.1 will remain valid until the end of March 2024. PCI DSS defines 12 requirements, testing procedures for each requirement and guidance on best practices for implementation.  To be PCI compliant, an organization must implement and maintain security practices that meet or exceed these standards.  Why is PCI Compliance Important? Whether you're a large or small business, if you are a merchant who accepts credit card payments, or are a service provider to merchants, your organization is responsible and must protect payment cardholder data through PCI security standards and PCI services. With security breaches and cyber...

  The two terms, two-step verification, and two-factor authentication are synonymous, though the former is now being used more widely by the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Apple as it better conveys how the actual authentication process works. In the past, two-step verification was used to describe processes that used the same authentication factors, while two-factor authentication described processes that involved different factors, such as entering a password on a website and receiving a numerical code on a mobile device. Today, the two terms are both used to describe authentication that involves a secondary factor that is different from the first. Authentication is a vital element of access control and data security because users can be assigned access rights and be authorized to perform certain actions only after successful authentication is performed. The ways in which someone can be authenticated fall into three categories based on what is known ...

Narrow AI, Also known as weak AI, is an application of artificial intelligence technologies to enable a high-functioning system that replicates and perhaps surpasses human intelligence for a dedicated purpose.  Narrow AI is often contrasted with general artificial intelligence (AGI), sometimes called strong AI; a theoretical AI system that could be applied to any task or problem. Examples of narrow AI All forms of modern AI systems can be classified as narrow AI. They are as follows: All forms of modern AI systems can be classified as narrow AI. They are as follows: Image and facial recognition systems.  These systems, including those used by social media companies like Facebook and Google to automatically identify people in photographs, are forms of weak AI. Chatbots and conversational assistants.  This includes popular virtual assistants Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa. Also included are simpler, customer-service chatbots, such as a bot that assists custo...