Chapter 6

Enterprise Approach to PCI Compliance

PCI (payment-card industry) compliance is a reality that organizations in the payment-card industry have to contend with. Enterprises have to adopt the compliance requirements, as they usually are essential for the enterprise to even operate in a certain business environment that involves storing, processing, or transmitting cardholder data. PCI compliance is a gigantic challenge for the unprepared. In this chapter we focus on how enterprises should handle PCI compliance. We will not focus on the technical aspects of the compliance, as that will be covered in subsequent chapters, but we will detail some good practices that enterprises can adopt to smoothen the compliance process and make it more ...

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