Get the facts on PCI Compliance and learn how to comply with the PCI Data Security standard.

Complying with the PCI Data Security Standard may seem like a daunting task for merchants. This book is a quick guide to understanding how to protect cardholder data and comply with the requirements of PCI - from surveying the standard's requirements to detailing steps for verifying compliance.

PCI Compliance for Dummies arms you with the facts, in plain English, and shows you how to achieve PCI Compliance. In this book you will discover:

    * What the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is all about
    * The 12 Requirements of the PCI Standard
    * How to comply with PCI
    * 10 Best-Practices for PCI Compliance
    * How QualysGuard PCI simplifies PCI compliance

Welcome to PCI Compliance For Dummies! Compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is mandatory if your company stores, processes, or transmits payment cardholder data. This book is all about understanding PCI and how merchants can comply with its requirements.

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"PCI Compliance for Dummies"

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About This Book
This book simply explains the PCI Data Security Standard and describes its requirements for compliance. After reading this book you’ll know more about how to comply with the PCI Data Security Standard.

Foolish Assumptions
In writing this book, we assume that you:

• Are a merchant and know you have to comply with PCI but aren’t sure what’s required or what you need to do.
• Are familiar with information technology and networking.
• Want to discover the easiest, most effective and direct way to fulfill compliance requirements for PCI.

How to Use This Book
This book is divided into five succinct and easily-digestible parts:

• Part I: Merchants: Cardholder Data Thieves Want You! Start here if you need a primer on security risks faced by merchants who accept payment cards.
• Part II: Looking at the Big Picture of PCI Standards. Understand the three PCI standards and how each applies to merchants.
• Part III: Surveying Requirements of the PCI Data Security Standard. An introduction to the six goals and 12 requirements of PCI DSS.
• Part IV: Verifying Compliance with PCI. Become familiar with the tools and reporting requirements for compliance, and discover where merchants can go for help.
• Part V: Ten Best Practices for PCI Compliance. Follow this short list of steps to ensure compliance with the PCI standard.

Dip in and out of this book as you wish; go to any part that interests you immediately; or read it from cover to cover.

Qualys: The Leader of On-Demand PCI Scanning and Compliance

Qualys is a PCI Approved Scanning Vendor and provider of QualysGuard PCI – the de facto standard on-demand solution for PCI scanning and compliance. QualysGuard PCI is used by more than half of all ASVs and Qualified Security Assessors to scan their clients’ networks for PCI, and for PCI self-scanning by thousands of merchant organizations worldwide. QualysGuard PCI is easy to use.

It enables you to automatically scan your network, completes a Self-Assessment Questionnaire, and submits the document to your acquirer or card brand for certification of compliance. It lets you do unlimited PCI scanning – both for PCI compliance and to help identify and remediate vulnerabilities as soon as they appear in the network. QualysGuard PCI is a turnkey solution that will help you protect cardholder data and comply with the PCI Data Security Standard.

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