For any company involved with credit card transactions, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) audit is the IT admin鈥檚 annual hurdle. In order to be compliant, system administrators need to make sure their networks are up to snuff. So, when approaching your PCI day (or weeks/months, in reality) of reckoning, it鈥檚 important to make sure you understand what you鈥檙e up against and how best to prepare.
Who Is Eligible?
The PCI DSS standards generally apply to anyone who accepts, transmits, or stores cardholder data. Essentially, anyone who takes credit card payments is subject to PCI DSS. However, the standards differ based on the number of transactions organizations process: the more transacti