{"id":50880,"date":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:c4d120f4-2237-b489-db71-4624e88aaa9d"},"modified":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","slug":"pci-compliance-requirements-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/pci-compliance-requirements-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"PCI Compliance Requirements Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is PCI?<\/span><\/p>\n

Payment card industry (PCI) compliance is a set of rules that ensures the safety of a customer\u2019s credit card information. All businesses that process, store, or transfer credit card information must maintain a secure environment.<\/p>\n

Major card companies\u2014including American Express, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, and Visa\u2014established the Payment Card Industry Security Standard Council (PCI SSC)<\/a> to develop and manage payment card security. The PCI Security Standards Council has many standards and supporting materials, like frameworks, tools, and resources to help organizations ensure protect stored cardholder data.<\/p>\n

Maintaining PCI compliance lowers the risk of data breaches, protects confidential data, and helps businesses boost their brand name. A credit card company\u2019s security protocol is incomplete without PCI compliance, and these companies typically require and mention this in their agreements when working with one another.<\/p>\n

PCI compliance steps for an organization<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Any business that accepts credit card payments, big or small, must be PCI compliant. This means that the organization must follow the rules set by the PCI Security Standards Council.<\/p>\n

This typically involves following these five steps.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Understand your organization\u2019s PCI level.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Any organization\u2019s PCI level is determined based on the number of annual transactions it processes.<\/p>\n