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# Data Security and Your Customers
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## A Guide to PCI Compliance
Today, nearly all businesses accept credit and debit cards as a form of payment. To protect your customers’ sensitive data, the payment card industry has recently developed a set of standards known as the **Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard**, or simply **PCI-DSS**. As a merchant, you must be compliant with the new PCI-DSS requirements or risk losing your ability to process debit and credit card transactions. Let’s take a closer look.
##### Becoming PCI-DSS Compliant
Developed & enforced by the 5 major credit card networks including Visa, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, and Discover, PCI-DSS requirements apply to all businesses that store, process, and transmit cardholder data. There are 12 requirements that fall into 6 categories as follows:
- **Build and maintain a secure network** - includes firewalls and passwords
- **Protect cardholder data** - data encryption and storage procedures
- **Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program** - anti-virus and operating system security
- **Access Control Measures** - covers both electronic and physical access and handling of sensitive data
- **Monitoring and Testing Networks** - schedule regular tests of security measures
- **Information Security Policy** - formalized security policy that’s updated and distributed regularly
##### PCI-DSS Resources
There is a wealth of information and resources online to help ensure that you are compliant with the relatively new PCI-DSS requirements. In fact, you’ll find complete details on the official PCI Security Standard website at [www.PciSecurityStandards.org](http://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/).
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