IT security consultants Pure Hacking are warning  that organisations relying on public cloud computing solutions for the storage and processing of credit card data faced an increasing conflict when achieving PCI compliance.

The Finance community faces rigorous compliance demands compounded by senior management obligations for continuity planning. It’s a highly integrated industry and the pressures mean that firms must increasingly demonstrate easy, efficient and effective business solutions. Take, for example, document transmission and storage; a mundane but essential source of key client and transactional data which needs to be carefully managed. For too many firms this is a Cinderella issue and the potential risk is high, not just to cost, but also to reputation.