PCI DSS Compliance

Who are the PCI?
The PCI Security Standards Council is an independent body formed to develop, enhance, disseminate and assist with implementation of security standards for payment account security.

All of the five founding members have agreed to incorporate the PCI DSS as the technical requirements of each of their data security compliance programs.

The PCI Security Standards Council was founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International.

What is the PCI DSS
The PCI DSS is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security. It is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. This comprehensive standard is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data.

How does this affect you?
Merchants that do not comply with the PCI DSS face the prospect of fines imposed by the card schemes or of being permanently barred from the card acceptance programme, should a security breach occur which involves their systems or processes. Although the initial focus is on online transactions, PCI compliance applies to any organisation that stores, processes or transmits credit cardholder data.

How we can help you?
We have 10 years experience working with West Midlands SMEs and can provide a cost-effective PCI DSS audit which will provide you with all the necessary information to become compliant with the PCI DSS.
We can also help you complete the self-assessment questionaire and implement any changes to your company's security policies that arise from completing the questionaire.

Contact us now for further information about our PCI DSS compliance audits.