Implementing PCI requirements
In setting up a card terminal or gateway, the most difficult part is complying with PCI requirements. Though these number only 12 but when are broken into individual requirements, the final number comes to be around 650. Thing become more difficult as most of PCI merchants don’t understand all PCI requirements fully. The best manner in which PCI requirements can be implemented is by following a prioritized approach.
When you follow a priority based approach while applying PCI requirements, it gives you a framework in which you can plan as well as measure progress in a nice manner. It is advised to double check if all of PCI requirements have been implemented. For PCI requirements, it happens that when you are applying one requirement, many others can be implemented as many of PCI requirements run horizontally and are common. This would be saving yours lot of time. One quick tip would be to follow a PCI DSS oriented password policies for all devices and user names as it is one requirement which is often overlooked and then you have to waste time in replacing non-compliant passwords with one which comply with PCI requirements.
A typical instance where you will be solving many requirements in monitoring for file integrity. When you install good and state-of-art FIM software, you will be complying with many PCI requirements at once. Another advice is to learn more and more about PCI requirements as better informed you are, the more you can control the things in a better way and it will save you money as you would know how you can get best implementation of PCI requirements in least amount of money or which steps should be avoided so that it doesn’t cost you additional hours changing them again to their compliance levels.
You can use trial software or vendor offers as it will provide you free trial of event logging software. This will give you an idea if it is useful and you would be able to estimate amount of money to be spent for its implementation. You can download already made spreadsheets which have already many tasks broken down. It would give you a better idea and sound platform for implementing PCI requirements. Before you decide to hire any professional for implementing PCI requirements, it is advised to have a basic idea about things so that you can’t get fooled easily.
Visit http://www.worldpay.us/247/pci-about-req.htm to fulfil all PCI requirements for business transmits.
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