PCI DSS: A practical guide to implementation

The objective of this practical guide is to give organisations practical advice and tips on the entire Payment Card Industry (PCI) implementation process. It provides a roadmap, helping organisations to navigate the broad and sometimes confusing Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v1.1 and shows them how to build and maintain a sustainable PCI compliance programme. Although the guide starts with sections on why and what is PCI, it is not intended to replace the 'publicly available' PCI information. Thus, it is designed to provide guidance and support for project managers, executives and security officers who have been tasked with ensuring PCI compliance and don't know where to start. This book looks to serve those who have been given the responsibility of PCI; it does not attempt to provide all the answers. It should be read, absorbed and digested, only with a good helping of other PCI 'publicly available' information. In other words - it will help an organisation get started and hopefully furnish the reader with enough of the fundamental basics to create, design and build the organisation's own PCI compliance framework.