What are the various PCI Security Standards?
There are three PCI security standards that agencies functioning as merchants must adhere to: 1) PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which applies to the agency’s entire merchant card process; 2) Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), which applies to the capture software that the agency may be using; and 3) PCI Pin Transaction Security (PCI PTS), which applies to terminals and devices that provide for the keying of PIN Debit cards (also referred to as PCI PIN Entry Device – PCI PED).
