At Compliance & Audit Group, we understand that it's difficult to know if you need to be PCI compliant. We have complied a list of frequently asked questions to help answer some of your basic questions. If you questions are beyond what we have listed here, please give us a call at 407.282.1300, and one of our friendly experts will be glad to assist you.
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PCI stands for Payment Card Industry, and is a worldwide security standard. PCI standards are requirements created to help organizations that process credit card payment to prevent fraud, hacking and other security threats. This standard applies to all organizations that store, process, or transmit cardholder data.
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If you are a merchant or service provider that accepts credit cards you must meet PCI DSS annually.
(Level 1 Businesses)-More than 6 million credit card transactions per year are subject to annual on-site audits.
(Level 2,3,4 Businesses)- Up to 6 million transactions per year must fill out an annual self assessment questionnaire. Also, approved vendor conduct quarterly network scans.
A. The Compliance & Audit Group can help you to protect your clients information by implementing administrative, physical and technical safeguards. Educating your workforce, and monitoring the effectiveness of your safeguards. The C & A Group has a history of helping organizations and businesses safeguard their customers personal information through our customized services of privacy & security consulting, privacy & security education, and privacy & security audits.
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Compliance Audit Group has a great Safe Schools Program that implements a Six Block Process.
1. Information Security Assessment.
2. Process Building.
3. Training & Education
4. Information Access Management.
5. Security and Business Contingency.
6. Monitoring and Support.
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PCI Data Security Standard(DSS) was formed to protect the consumer, ensuring merchants meet minimum security requirements when housing, processing and transmitting data.
A If found negligent a business owner could be hit with severe fines or even lose the ability to process credit cards all together. This in turn could hurt your business as a whole.
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For starters, the immense and growing number of small and medium sized businesses makes you a frequent target for security breaches. Having this protection further legitimizes your business. Also, making customers feel a little safer, ultimately leading to increased sales.
