What Is a PCI Audit? A PCI audit is a procedure that assesses compliance to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). This audit checks to make sure your organization follows the PCI standards and industry best practices when it comes to processing credit card payments securely. By conducting a PCI audit, organizations …
What is an Internal Security Assessor? An Internal Security Assessor (ISA) is an individual within an organization who is certified by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) to assess and validate the organization’s compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The PCI DSS is a set of security …
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 …
