This course is designed to increase employees’ awareness of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards requirements, and to provide clear and simple explanations of what companies and employees must do to meet the requirements of the Standard

• Every organisation that stores, transmits or processes cardholder data must comply with the PCI DSS. Compliance is regulated and enforced by payment card brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB and Discover) directly or through their partner relationships with ‘acquirer’ banks.
• The PCI DSS requires organisations to “implement a formal security awareness program to make all personnel aware of the importance of cardholder data security” (Requirement 12.6). The IT Governance PCI DSS Staff Awareness Course offers the quickest, simplest and most economical way of teaching employees about compliance

• An introduction to the PCI DSS: What is the PCI DSS? | Why do I need to know about it? |
• PCI DSS Definitions: | Merchant | Payment Brand | Payment Card | Service Provider |
• Cardholder Account Data: | Cardholder data | Sensitive authentication data
• PCI DSS Requirements: | Requirements 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12 |
• Application of the PCI DSS
• Application scenarios to test understanding of the PCI DSS

• This web-delivered course is targeted at all employees in any organisation that stores, transmits or processes cardholder data, and that must comply with the PCI DSS