About the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security. The standard was developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc. Inc. International, to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

The PCI DSS 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.

The PCI Security Standards Council will enhance the PCI DSS as needed to ensure that the standard includes any new or modified requirements necessary to mitigate emerging payment security risks, while continuing to foster wide-scale adoption.

Ongoing development of the standard will provide for feedback from the Advisory Board and other participating organizations. All key stakeholders are encouraged to provide input, during the creation and review of proposed additions or modifications to the PCI DSS.

The core of the PCI DSS is a group of principles and accompanying requirements, around which the specific elements of the DSS are organized. For more information, or to see the SAQ (Self Assessment Questionnaire), go to www.pcisecuritystandards.org

PCI-DSS Compliance Assistance program

Versatalis is your partner for PCI Compliance

Versatalis offers a unique and comprehensive PCI Compliance assistance program for all of our merchants. Versatalis understands the application you are using to process your credit card transactions, and has a customized program to ensure full compliance. In addition, Versatalis offers direct access for all our merchants to our Qualified Security Assessor ("QSA") Security Metrics.

Security Metrics is a leading QSA that works individually with each merchant to help them understand the compliance mandate and what steps are needed to complete PCI DSS Compliance. For a complete outline of our PCI Compliance assistance program, click here.

In order to achieve PCI Compliance solutions for every merchant, we have partnered with Security Metrics, a leading "QSA" (Qualified Security Assessor) that works individually with each merchant to help them understand the compliance mandate and what steps are needed to complete PCI DSS Compliance.