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When you receive payment card information online, there are set of rules you must follow to protect the security of the card holder’s information. PCI DSS stands for “Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard” and the rules are very strict.

How does PSPinc comply with PCI DSS?

We at PSPinc, make sure that we do not store any payment card information such as the “Card Number”, “Exp. Date”, or “Security Code”. We ask for those items when customers make a payment but they are either entered one time to pass to the card processing system and destroyed or we let the customer enter that information directly to the card processing company such as a bank, Authorize.net and PayPal.

During the online transaction, we will not store (save) any payment card information on our servers. In addition to that, we have limited number of people who can access the customer information. The information that we store about customers are accessed only on a “need-to-know” basis with secure login from within the company (or VPN environment) only.

This information is not accessible from the Internet. Our datacenter is also PCI DSS compliant. People without proper ID and authorization cannot have any physical access to our datacenter. We take PCI DSS seriously and we do our best to not store payment card information and protect customer information with a very strict, monitored environment.

If you have any questions regarding PCI DSS, please feel free to contact us.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. 1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPinc Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

By the time you read this newsletter, we will have began alpha testing for one of our new products currently in development. The name of this service is Pass Wizard and it is a secure password storage service.

We've been providing website and email hosting services since 1996. Since our initial launch, many websites and emails have been exploited by password leaks. In 2020, this trend shows no signs of stopping. Caused by advancements in technology, passwords are easier to break these days. In this environment, there is a growing movement to make passwords stronger.

The world of password security has changed as such that you have to use upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols in passwords. Whereas in the past you used your own easy-to-remember passwords such as birthdays, pet names, and family member names. However, passwords are now required to be hard to remember. For example, k$4kJ-K(776-><gvG) is a great password, but I don't think many people will be able to memorize something that complex by themselves.

The system we are developing is a password storage system. In addition to requiring valid login credentials to access stored passwords, you can also set up 2-factor authentication so your credentials can only be accessed with a valid mobile device. In short, the system is designed to prevent others from opening the vault, even if your password becomes compromised. There are many other things we did to keep your password data safe. For more information, please visit the following website:

https://passwizard.com/

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. 1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPinc Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

On September 26th I left Bellevue and began my drive to San Diego. The 1,200 mile trip was not an easy one. However, what I felt during the 18-hour drive was the magnitude of America.

The Coronavirus has caused me to spend a lot of time at home and in the office, and I have lost perspective. Once I comprehended the size of the United States, I realized how narrow my thinking was.

Our company is a website creation and hosting company. This pandemic hasn't had a huge impact on our business, and for that we are very happy and grateful. We know that many companies are struggling during this time.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. runs a Japanese language community site in San Diego called SanDiegoTown. Here, we are offering discounts on advertising to the restaurants most affected by the pandemic. This is something we have not done before. We'll be doing everything else we can to help those who are struggling during this challenging time. Please give us a shout if we can be of assistance.

https://SanDiegoTown.com

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. 1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPinc Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

It's impossible and meaningless for a small business to do marketing with branding on the same scale as big companies like Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Ray-Ban and Apple. So let's think about what small business branding is all about. Today's challenge is to “Think Small”.

Small business branding is not the design of a logo or the image of an advertisement. Branding is about defining where you stand. The first thing to address is that you need to define what your company stands for. Here's what we call a mission statement or elevator speech to clarify the purpose of your company's existence. The mission statement of Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is:

“As an independent software design and development company, we use our technology to create software to help companies save and/or make money. From the concept to the final product, we want to be a company that people think of when they need software solutions.”

https://www.pspinc.com/about

This is the first step in branding. The next thing you need to clarify is your target customer. If you think you can sell or are able to sell to anyone, you won't be able to focus your activities. By deciding as clearly as possible who it is for, your message and sales methods will be determined.

Some branding needs to be clearly differentiated from other companies. Not on a detailed level, but try to itemize who your competitors are and what makes you different from them. That way, you'll have a clearer idea of where you excel and where you need to work a little harder. Striving to develop your strengths and reduce your weaknesses as much as possible is also branding.

Finally, don't make your branding just about attracting new customers. Don't forget to make an effort to make sure that your current customers are also happy to hire your company. A lot of these humble tasks will not activate new costs. There's a lot to do in-house, but I believe this is all about branding.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. 1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPinc Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. 1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPinc Creates Tools For Your Business

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.