Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliance

There has been a growth in online services which facilitate buying online for consumers, leading to an increase in credit card fraud and identity theft. The information required to complete online transactions is sufficiently personal and sensitive that a set of Security Standards has been implemented in order to protect it - the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Any company that accepts credit card payments, processes credit card transactions, stores credit card data, or in any other way touches personal or sensitive data associated with credit card payment processing, is affected by PCI DSS. This white paper gives background information and examines the compliance process and how to achieve it.