PCi Compliance for Dummies

21 October 2009
Download Type: Adobe PDF

Compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is mandatory if your company stores, processes, or transmits payment cardholder data. This reference source, provided by Qualys, is all about understanding PCI and how merchants can comply with its requirements.

This book is divided into five succinct parts: “Cardholder Data Thieves Want You!” (a primer on security risks faced by merchants who accept payment cards); “Looking at the Big Picture of PCI Standards” (identifying the three PCI standards and how each applies to merchants); “Surveying Requirements of the PCI Data Security Standard” (an introduction to the six goals and 12 requirements of PCI DSS); “Verifying Compliance with PCI” (an overview of tools and reporting requirements for compliance and reporting on where merchants can go for help); and “Ten Best Practices for PCI Compliance” (a short list of steps to ensure compliance with the PCI standard).

PCi Compliance for Dummies is a quick guide to understanding how to protect cardholder data and comply with requirements of PCI – from surveying the standard’s requirements to detailing steps for verifying compliance. It also provides details on a leading PCI scanning and compliance solution.