How much time does it take for PCI Compliance?
If an organization has segregated the PCI and other environment, it will take much lesser time to become PCI compliant. Secondly, organization has to put all controls as per PCI standard 1.1 in place and should be in a position to exhibit the evidence of the same to QSA. Approximately it may take about 3 to 6 months to become PCI compliant. What is the difference between PIN audits and PCI audits? PIN pad device which are allowed to accept credit card swipes need to have PIN pad audits. So these audits are for the devices where credit cards are swiped for acceptance of payments. PCI audits are for merchants and service providers which store, process or transmit the credit card transactions.
