The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of requirements intended to ensure that all companies that process, store, or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment.
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (Wikipedia)
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The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard used to handle credit cards from major card brands. The standard is administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, and its use is mandated by the card brands. It was created to better control cardholder data and reduce credit card fraud. Validation of compliance is performed annually or quarterly with a method suited to the volume of transactions:
- Self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ)
- Firm-specific Internal Security Assessor (ISA)
- External Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)
