Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a worldwide information security standard that describes how to protect credit card information. If you accept Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, you are required to follow PCI DSS. These card companies formed the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) to create the standard. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) was released in 2006. The standard applies to everyone who stores, processes, or exchanges cardholder information.
The standard requires an organization to have specific PCI DSS security policies and controls in place. The organization must also have these controls validated. If you are ...
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