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PCI CISP Compliance"Online merchants put their businesses at great risk if due diligence is not practiced and steps are not taken to protect their customers' cardholder data. It is key that merchants align themselves with solution providers like Mountain Media that are not only compliant with the PCI DSS standard but take operational risk management seriously." - Dean Massiah of Fortrex Technologies, Inc., a PCI SSC authorized Qualified Security Assessor Company (QSAC) for performing PCI compliance audits What is PCI Compliance and why is it Important to Select a Certified eCommerce Provider?The PCI Standard (www.pcisecuritystandards.org) is the result of collaboration between the five major credit card companies (Visa ® International, MasterCard ® Worldwide, American Express ®, Discover® Financial Services and JCB ®) to develop a single approach to safeguarding sensitive data, prevent credit card fraud, hacking and various other security issues. The standards define a series of best practices for handling, transmitting and storing sensitive data. What are the Consequences of PCI Non Compliance? Currently, any merchant, organization or software that processes, stores or disseminates credit card data must be PCI DSS compliant or they risk hefty fines and/or losing the ability to process credit cards altogether thus putting their entire business in jeopardy. Mountain Media is a PCI Level 1 CISP Certified Ecommerce Provider Mountain Media's level 1 compliant processes and products allow them to provide online merchants with a safe and reliable solution that helps to satisfy the "trust factor" that is required to turn an online visitor into an online shopper. A recent article published by Internet Retailer noted that shopping carts are often the culprit in card data thefts at ecommerce sites, making it all the more important for online merchants to select compliant eCommerce and payment gateway providers. Most ECommerce software and hosting companies are NOT CISP certified. Whether you choose Mountain Media as a partner for your eCommerce needs or not, we highly recommend that you research providers who maintain PCI compliance and who are CISP certified. Many providers claim to be "compliant" or "within the standards of PCI", however may not be actually compliant or certified. Protect yourself by ensuring your provider is listed on Visa's CISP compliant service providers list. To review Visa's listing of certified providers (Mountain Media to be added when Visa publishes its newest listing soon), please click here. Call us today to speak with an eCommerce specialist 1-877-583-0300or click here to schedule a FREE consultation |
