Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Handbook

The recent plethora of information security and payment card data breaches has created a tremendous amount of problems for consumers, retailers, financial institutions and service provider. In fact recently TJM Companies (TJ Maxx, Marshalls, etc.) announced that 45.7 millions accounts were compromised showing just how serious of a problem these breaches are. This book addresses the payment card industry standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design, and any other critical protective measures. It will be an all inclusive resource for payment card industry compliance. The tentative contents is: (1) What is PCI and why is it important?; (2) History and future of PCI; (3) Build and maintain a secure network; (4) Protect cardholder data; (5) Maintain a vulnerability management program; (6) Implement strong access control measures; (7) Regularly monitor and test networks; (8) Maintain an information security policy; (9) Assessment, remediation, and planning; (10) Partnering with peers and overcoming roadblocks; (11) PCI program management; and (12) Metrics and measurement.