PCI Compliance and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
PCI DSS
XBS Global partners all B2B merchant accounts with ConstrolScan for best practices in PCI compliance. We’ll walk you through the SAQ. For our merchants who want or need to go the extra mile for compliance and security of sensitive customer credit card data and banking information ControlScan provides all the latest tools and technolgies.
Frequently Asked Questions on PCI DSS
What is the merchants obligation regarding protection of sensitive customer credit card data?
What determines PCI Compliance?
PCI compliance for most merchants means successful completion of the SAQ or self assessment questionaire. There are different SAQ’s and which assessment to complete is based on various merchant characteristics. XBS Global provides step by step assistance for SAQ completion. The SAQ is an annual requirement to maintain compliance.
What happens if I'm not compliant?
Merchants who do not take or pass the SAQ risk full financial responsibility in data breach. These merchants can then be refused credit card processing privileges by the card brands, be subjected to fines and/or be catapaulted into a more rigorous level of PCI compliance obligations.
How To Get Started With it?
What are the actual standards?
PCI DSS are now considered mature with further releases only expected with new risk development and identification.
Where can I find more information?
XBS G,lobal has a series of recent blogs covering the basics of PCI Compliance as well as more indepth requirements for the larger merchant. The PCI Security Council however is the aforemost expert as developers of the standards.
It doesn't have to be complicated.
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PCI Standards Security Council
A global forum comprised of the card brands Visa, MasterCard, Discover, JCB International and American Express dedicated to standards, guidelines and solutions for the security of sensitive account data used in the payment card industry. Click here for the most recent and up to date version of 3.2 PCI DSS from the council.
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PCI DSS
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