Las Vegas: PCI Compliance Defined
Sunday, December 13th, 2009You may have heard of the term “PCI compliant” but if you are process credit cards and take payments with your Las Vegas website, you definitely know what it is. PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance was created by major credit card issuers to create standards that protect personal information and keep credit card transactions secure and it involves several factors that need to be kept compliant. If you fail to meet the PCI compliance standards, you could face fines or lose your credit card processing abilities for your business.
As an overview, the basic requirements for PCI compliance are:
- Build and Maintain a Network that is secure
- Protection of stored cardholder data
- Maintain a vulnerability management program
- Strong control measures for cardholder data
- Monitor and test network frequently
- Keep an Information Security Policy
Here are some in-depth helpful links to articles to help you understand all of the details of PCI compliance:
- PCI Compliance Guide, PCI Data Security Standards - pcicomplianceguide.org
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard - Requirements and History - wikipedia.org
- What is PCI Compliance? - A Resource Guide for New & Established Businesses - whatiscompliance.com
- What is PCI compliance? - Developer Tutorials’ Forum
- PCI compliance: Don’t become another headline - zdnet.com
- PCI DSS: 5 Guidelines for Gaining PCI Compliance - pcicomplianceguide.org
- PCI Compliance Levels - Determining Your PCI DSS Level - elementps.com
- PCI SSC New Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) Summary - pcisecuritystandards.org
- HackerGuardian PCI Compliance Wizard/PCI Self Assessment Questionnaire - hackerguardian.com