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PCI Consulting
PCI Compliance is a difficult subject that no one seems to be able to explain in layman's terms. Let DotCom Media explain what PCI Compliance means to you, and show you a couple things we can do to help make the process as painless as possible.
PCI Compliance has been a big buzz-word thrown around for the last couple years that has been scaring a lot of eCommerce businesses. Fortunately, being PCI compliant isn't nearly as scary as it sounds. If your company is looking to become PCI compliant, or you are confused by all the different definitions of PCI compliance that are out there, then this site is for you.
There are two major requirements in order to become PCI Compliant. First, your company must past a self-assessment questionnaire. This questionnaire is aimed to probe your internal procedures and network security policies. Second, your online solution/server must be subject to quarterly scans by a trusted PCI-compliant scanning company. Once you have successfully passed your self-questionnaire, and your server has passed the security scans, you can apply for PCI certification. Your site/server will have to continue quarterly scans to remain PCI compliant.
The Big Steps
Find out if you need to be PCI compliant - Although taking credit cards online usually requires you to be PCI compliant, there are special exemptions when you do not.
Starting your self-assessment questionnaire - The first step in getting PCI Compliant is filling out the self-assessment questionnaire.
Sign-up for a certified PCI-compliant scan - Your server and eCommerce solution will have to be scanned quarterly to search for exploits and weaknesses in network security that can be used maliciously. Any exploits will have to be patched before you can continue to the next step.
Once you successfully passed both your self-assessment questionnaire, and the scans, a PCI certificate is generated.
That’s it! You’re done. There are a couple extra steps if you are a level 1 or 2 merchant.
What DotCom Media does is simply help you through this process. Also, our servers are already PCI compliant allowing us to guarantee a PCI compliant hosting environment. If your company hosts your solution/website on DotCom Media's servers, you are already half-way to full PCI compliance. Find out more about our PCI compliant hosting environments.
To find out more about how DotCom Media can help you, feel free to contact us.
