Glossary

You’ve likely heard of reports on compliance, but what are they, exactly? And more importantly, what do they mean for your business? A report on compliance, or RoC, is a document that summarizes a merchant’s compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The report is compiled by a Qualified Security Assessor …

A Qualified Security Assessor, or QSA, is a security company who has been certified by the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) to perform PCI DSS assessments. A QSA’s primary responsibility is to assess the security of an organization’s payment card processing environment in accordance with the PCI DSS. What are the requirements for becoming QSA …

As an ASV, you’ll join an elite group of businesses that have been qualified by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) to conduct point-of-sale (POS) scanning and vulnerability assessments. What is an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV)? An Approved Scanning Vendor, or ASV, is someone that is approved by the PCI Security Standards Council to  …