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PCI DSS
From the course: CCSP Cert Prep: 1 Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design
PCI DSS
- [Educator] Organizations involved in the storage, processing, or transmission of credit card information are subject to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS. This regulation doesn't come from a governmental body but rather from a consortium of the world's largest credit card companies. PCI DSS is enforced as a contractual obligation. When any merchant agrees to accept credit cards, the contract that they sign contains provisions that obligate them to comply with the terms of PCI DSS. Failure to maintain compliance may result in multimillion dollar fines and the loss of credit card processing privileges. That makes organizations take PCI DSS compliance pretty seriously. The PCI DSS standard is a very long and complex document that covers a wide variety of security controls. It includes extremely detailed instructions for each requirement, describing what organizations must do to comply with the…
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