January 24, 2023 Businesses that accept card payments must [comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)]. Failure to comply may result in costly security breaches and fines. For example, Wawa recently agreed to pay an $8 million settlement to end the investigation into a December 2019 data breach that compromised approximately 34 million payment cards used across all Wawa stores. The investigation uncovered multiple violations of PCI DSS. If your business accepts card payments, then you need to prove that you’re PCI compliant to avoid violations and protect your customer data. That’s where a PCI DSS Attestation of Compliance (AoC) comes in. In this guide, we’ll explain everything you need to know about a PCI AoC and how to obtain one to demonstrate your PCI DSS compliance.

General Questions Frequently Asked Questions PCI Scan Compliancy The PCI Scan Control Centre is an on-demand, vulnerability assessment scanning solution to enable merchants and service providers to achieve PCI scan compliance. After each scan, users receive a comprehensive vulnerability report detailing any security issues with remediation advice and advisories to help fix them. Following a successful scan (no vulnerabilities rated higher than CVSS base score 4.0 or automatic failures) merchants receive an official PCI compliance report that can be sent to an acquiring bank. The Standard version enables merchants to run unlimited scans on up to 5 IP addresses or domains using the full complement of vulnerability tests. The Enterprise version is a more powerful and flexible service which provides an unlimited number of scans per quarter on 20 IP addresses or domains.

Maintaining the security of financial transactions is a top priority for businesses. The PCI SSC has established various Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) to protect cardholder data. But how do organizations ensure that they are PCI DSS compliant? We’ve simplified it for you here. Contents [Who is a PCI QSA?] [How to prepare for the PCI QSA certification exam?] [What is the process to get PCI QSA Certification?]