Hello everyone from Belgium (the chip, beer and chocolate place)
I thought it could be useful if I distribute this newsletter on a regular basis. I called it “The PCI 30 sec newsletter” because It should not take you more than 30 sec to digest. Let me know if you think this is a great idea and of good added value. Also please feel free to comment and suggest any topic.
What is PCI?
But PCI is specifically referring to the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, a council formed by:
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Mastercard
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Visa
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American Express
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Discover
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JCB
The PCI Council develops and maintains (so far) 3 standards that work together to protect payment transactions and cardholder data.
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PCI DSS: (My bible) It covers systems that store, process, or transmit cardholder data and is used by acquirers, issuers, merchants, service providers and us.
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PCI PA-DSS: it covers payment applications and is used by application developers.
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PCI PTS: It covers point-of-interaction devices (or POIs) used for PIN entry.
In the next newsletter we will have a look to the payment processing terminology and workflow.
Cordially
Didier Godart