Why a PCI Information Security Policy is a Big Part of PCI DSS Compliance

A PCI information security policy is a large part of compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, simply known as PCI DSS. Sure, there are a number of critical elements that play a large role indeed for meeting the PCI DSS compliance mandates, and they should not be overlooked at all. Some of the biggest challenges for compliance, along with having a documented PCI information security policy, are the following:

  • Having a two-factor authentication in place for remote access into the cardholder data environment.
  • Having a web application firewall in place for any web based systems or doing a code review for any web based applications servers so as to eliminate any threats, such as cross site scripting or SQL injection (SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerability occurring in the database layer of an application).
  • Addressing the numerous security requirements for all System Components within the cardholder data environment (System Components are defined as any network component, server, or application included in or connected to the cardholder data environment.

PCI Information Security Policy

The above list is just a small sample of mandates for meeting Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance. What's important to note about all the security requirements and system components within the scope of PCI are that a large number of them explicitly mandate PCI information security policy and procedure documents to be in place. From Requirement 1 to Requirement 12, the PCI guidelines call for PCI information security policy and procedures documents time and time again.

Lastly, many merchants, service providers, and other organizations required to become PCI compliant unfortunately think that PCI information security policy and procedures are limited to Requirement 12 only, which is incorrect. Read the fine print throughout the entire PCI guidelines and one will find numerous requirements for PCI information security policy and procedure documents.

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