PCI Compliance Info for High Risk Merchant Account

Mastercard rolls out PCI Merchant Education Program

Mastercard rolls out PCI Merchant Education Program 

 

Motivated with the effort to assist merchants and acquiring banks on the norms of the Payment Card Industry (PCI), Mastercard put up the PCI Merchant Education Program website with tools serving the said purpose.



Quoting from the industry leader, the aim of the PCI Merchant Education Program is to provide “complimentary education and training for acquiring banks and merchants to better their understanding of PCI DSS through interactive sessions”. The online guide contains eight modules composed by other key players such as the PCI Security Standards Council , One-SEC/Trustwave, British Airways, Verizon Business, Arsenal Security Group , Security Metrics ,and from their own breed, Mastercard Worldwide.


The modules contained in the PCI Merchant Education Program will be tackling the following topics:

  • basics about the PCI Security Standards Council
  • breakdown of the PCI DSS Requirements
  • how to be PCI-compliant
  • knowing Account Data Compromise
  • tips on how to breeze through the PCI Assessment
  • digesting PCI Vulnerability Scanning
  • understanding Payment application and Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals
  • going through the Compliance Validation & Beyond


You need to register first before getting the modules at www.webcasts.com/mastercardpci.

Surely, these information will be a plus points for low-risk and high risk merchants alike. Getting the PCI compliance is every merchant and acquiring bank and payment processor's dream. The PCI Merchant Education program will be somewhat the Book of Shadows of the payment processing industry.


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