PCI CERTIFICATION - AN ISSUE FOR EVERYONE

Build Consumer Confidence Through Data Integrity

Since 2005, more than 234 million credit/debit card records have been stolen. The majority of these breaches occur with small merchants. As a result of the increased amount of theft and fraud, the card brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover & JCB) require every merchant to comply with the PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard).

As a responsible business, you need to assure your customers that the credit card information and personal data used at your business is handled securely. We have partnered with Panoptic Security and their ExpertPCI^TM system to help you:

Protect your customers
Protect your business
Meet PCI-DSS compliance obligations for acceptance of Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX and JCB

getPCICertified.com and our online PCI compliance solution helps businesses to assess whether or not they are PCI compliant and advises them on what to do to become PCI Certified. We provide support for all sizes and types of business. Our online web application was designed by our PCI security experts making the PCI compliance process easier for the small to mid-size business owner.

Our solution makes PCI assessment and compliance easy, understandable and affordable for any business owner or manager that has been advised by their merchant services provider, bank or credit card company that they need to achieve PCI Certification. PCI compliance is required for any business that accepts credit cards as payment from customers.

Becoming PCI Certified provides you with the documentation to prove compliance to your merchant services provider, bank and credit card company insuring that your credit card transactions are handled within PCI-DSS guidelines. More importantly, it also assures your customers that you are providing them with a safe and reliable way to purchase from your business.

How Do I Become PCI Certified?

Complying with the PCI Council standards requires the completion of a Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ). This SAQ contains questions that require a business owner to know information about how their business operates, handles IT connectivity, completes credit card transactions and stores critical information.

getPCIcertified has elected to use ExpertPCI™ Vertical Templates program tailored specifically to you. ExpertPCI™ was developed to guide small to mid-sized business merchants through the PCI compliance process. Vertical Templates is an additional element developed to help merchants in same vertical groups, such as restaurants, pharmacies or gas stations, to minimize their need to know Point of Sale (POS) hardware and software specific details.

Note: Please keep in mind that merchants with multiple locations using one Merchant ID need only to complete one PCI SAQ. Merchants with multiple locations AND multiple Merchant IDs must complete an SAQ for each Merchant ID.

POTENTIALCONSEQUENCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE

$10,000 - $500,000 fines can result in business closures
Costly penalties for fraudulent purchases and card re-issuance
Potential loss of credit card acceptance privileges and customer base
Susceptibility to lawsuits and investigations

BEING COMPLIANT ALLOWS YOUR BUSINESS TO OFFER YOUR CUSTOMERS THE FULL PROTECTION AND CERTIFICATION OF "BEST-BUSINESS PRACTICES" FOR THE HANDLING, SECURITY AND INTEGRITY OF CREDIT CARD DATA.

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What is PCI?

Simply put, PCI compliance means that as a business, you are properly and securely managing your customer credit card information, sensitive data, credit card transactions and your business environment.

The goal of PCI is to ensure that people who want to conduct business with merchants using their credit cards can do so with confidence and trust because they know that the merchant is compliant with all of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards. By doing so, both the consumer and the merchant can continue using recognized Payment Brand credit cards (Visa, MC, Amex, Discover) as the safest, simplest and most trusted means of payment exchange.

Being PCI compliant has quickly become an essential part of your merchant to bank and credit card company relationship.