The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of requirements designed to ensure that ALL companies that process, …

PCI applies to ANY organization or merchant, regardless of size or number of transactions, that accepts, transmits or stores any cardholder data. …

Businesses that are found to be out of compliance with PCI may be subject to fines by the entity they use to …

The Standard can be found on the PCI SSC’s Website: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_dss.shtml

All merchants will fall into one of the four merchant levels based on Visa transaction volume over a 12-month period. Transaction volume …