A Merchant’s Guide to PCI SSC Compliance
A Merchant’s Guide to PCI SSC Compliance By Morgan Rickel PMP, QSA
If you are a merchant considering the implementation of a mobile payment acceptance solution, or if you are currently using one, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has determined that one of the major risk factors in validating mobile payment acceptance applications with the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA–DSS) is the environment that the application operates within and the ability of that environment to support the merchant in achieving PCI DSS compliance. From a PCI perspective, the type of mobile communications device that is selected will have a direct impact on the PA-DSS validation. (more…)