Stay PCI Compliant By Taking Action

Hopefully you’ve heard about TLS and the changes to TLS recommended by the PCI Security Standards Council. The bottom line? You may need to take action to remain PCI Compliant and retain full functionality in your software solutions.  But don’t worry – we have you covered!

 
What is TLS?

TLS stands for “Transport Layer Security.” It is a protocol that provides privacy and data integrity between two communicating applications. It’s the most widely deployed security protocol used today, and is used for web browsers and other applications that require data to be securely exchanged over a network. TLS ensures that a connection to a remote endpoint is the intended endpoint through encryption and endpoint identity verification. The versions of TLS to date are TLS v1.0, v1.1, and v1.2.

What’s changing and what do I need to do?

As part of our commitment to sector-leading security and in alignment with industry best practices set forth by the PCI Security Standards Council, Blackbaud is disabling TLS (Transport Layer Security) v1.0 encryption protocol across all its solutions on March 15, 2018.

This is an industry-wide change, required by the PCI Security Standards Council of all software vendors and payment processors.

Blackbaud Solutions

If you are on a Blackbaud cloud or hosted solution and receive upgrades automatically, your Blackbaud solutions are always current and always compliant – you will receive any needed changes to your solution automatically. However, if you are self-hosted or schedule your own upgrades, please go to www.Blackbaud.com/TLS to review what version of your solution you need to be on and make sure your organization has plans to adopt a compliant version before March 15, 2018.

Operating Systems and Browsers

In addition to ensuring you’re on the latest version of your Blackbaud solution, you also need to ensure you’re using compatible operating systems and browsers. The same requirement applies to your donors that are making transactions on your website. For a full list of compliant operating systems and browsers, visit Blackbaud.com/TLS.


After March 15th, you will not be able to log on to your Blackbaud solutions from a noncompliant operating system or browser. If your donors go to your website to make a donation and are running incompatible versions of their operating system or browser, their transaction will fail.


Ask your IT department to confirm your organization’s operating system and browsers are ready for TLS changes.


Still have questions? Don’t worry. As your technology partner, we’re here to help. Check out Blackbaud.com/TLS for all the information you need.