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PCI

PCI

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A set of rules companies must follow to keep credit and debit card data safe
  • noun
  • /ˈpiːˌsiːˈaɪ/
  • Specialized
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  • Official PCI information should be obtained from the PCI Security.
  • PCI Data Security
  • PCI Data Security Standard

You need to fax them your credit card front and back to be PCI compliant.

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Examples

  • Cyber Security Awareness Month: Time to Think About PCI

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  • You need to fax them your credit card front and back to be PCI compliant.

  • The main goal of PCI DSS is to protect consumer credit card information from being exposed to nefarious third parties.

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  • The PCI Security Standards are the documented requirements for any organization that interacts with cardholder data or credit card authorizations.

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  • One security standard that is very prominent, particularly for payment processors and online retailers, is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

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  • Our South American merchant services also include free payment modules, assisting in obtaining offshore registrations and SSL certificates, and reaching PCI compliance.

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  • I recently filmed Michael Rembetsy, director of operations engineering at Etsy, talking about how they implement segregation of duties at Etsy in order to achieve PCI-DSS compliance.

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  • To ensure customer safety, all merchants must comply with PCI standards for processing credit card transactions.

  • The company invested in advanced encryption technologies to meet PCI requirements for protecting cardholder data.

  • Failure to adhere to PCI guidelines can result in hefty fines and loss of customer trust.

Surface Forms

PCI singular
PCIs plural

Etymology

PCI comes from Payment Card Industry, where payment card means 'credit or debit card' and industry means 'the businesses that handle them'. So PCI is the name for the security rules those businesses follow to protect card data.