Industry Terms: PCI DSS

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 by Steve Myers in Industry News, Knowledge Base

This is the latest installment in The Official Merchant Services Blog’s Knowledge Base effort. Well we want to make the payment processing industry’s terms and buzzwords clear. We want to remove any and all confusion merchants might have about how the industry works. Host Merchant Services promises: the company delivers personal service and clarity. So we’re going to take some time to explain how everything works. This ongoing series is where we define industry related terms and slowly build up a knowledge base and as we get more and more of these completed, we’ll collect them in our resource archive for quick and easy access. Today’s term is:

PCI DSS

The acronym PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. PCI Compliance is essentially the process of adhering to the standards set forth by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Council (PCI DSS). You can review those standards in greater detail here. Essentially the standards are a set of requirements designed to ensure that all companies that process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment.

Host Merchant Services offers its very own PCI Compliance Initiative. Take advantage of this offer and let your PCI worries disappear:

Host Merchant Services PCI Compliance Initiative

To learn more about PCI Compliance, Host Merchant Services offers these resources:

PCI Compliance FAQ

PCI Compliance Guide

And as an Aside … For Technorati’s verification purposes, this code needs to be here in this post: D66VEXFAC3H8

About Steve Myers

Steve is a Marketing Consultant for Host Merchant Services. Steve worked as a copy editor and graphic designer in the newspaper industry for over a decade, including stints with the Wilmington News Journal, the Lansdale Reporter and the Asian edition of the Wall Street Journal. An award-winning designer and illustrator, his work has appeared in print, film and the internet. His previous marketing position was with Wilmington-based private school consulting firm Independent School Management.
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