What is PCI Compliance?

What is PCI Compliance?

PCI compliance is a security checklist created by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) to help reduce fraud. All organizations that process credit and debit card payments, and all merchants that accept card payments, are responsible for their own PCI compliance.

There are costs in compliance, auditing, and being certified. PCI compliance pertains to the entire payment landscape, and how merchants manage their customers’ data.