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PCI Merchant Levels | What You Need to Know about PCI DSS Compliance

BY charles denyerWed Jul 8, 2009 at 8:07 AM
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PCI Merchant Levels and Service Provider Levels.

For Merchants, there are essentially four (4) levels that any organization may fall into regarding compliance. If you fall into the Level 1 category, then be prepared to have an actual on-site Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) assessment conducted. The same can be said for Service Providers who have been identified as a Level 1.

Follow these helpful links for learning all you need to about about the varying levels of compliance and what their specific requirements are:

 

Merchant Levels

Service Provider Levels

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Technology, Management, merchants, service providers, PCI DSS, payment card industry data security standards, PCI merchant Levels, Computer Technology, Science and Technology, Technology, Computer Security, Security Technology Standards


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July 29, 2009 at 1:38am by Mohit Jain

n July 2009, the PCI Security Standards Council published wireless guidelines for PCI DSS recommending the use of Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) to automate wireless scanning for large organizations. Wireless guidelines clearly define how wireless security applies to PCI DSS compliance