PCI Compliance: What You Need to Know (Update Available)
Overview/Description Target Audience Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Overview/Description
The payment card industry (PCI) is booming with people using credit and debit cards with increasing frequency for all sorts of transactions, every day. The prevalence of credit and debit card usage creates opportunities for fraud, theft, privacy violations, and counterfeiting. To ensure the safety of cardholder information, the Payment Card Industry has adopted a set of global data security standards (PCI DSS version 2.0), that merchants must adhere to in order to accept payment cards from a payment brand (Visa, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, American Express), as well as to be able to store, process, and/or transmit cardholder data. This course is meant to provide awareness training for end-users of payment systems (cashiers, back-office processors, etc.) as required by Standard 12.6.1. This course was developed with subject matter support provided by the Labor & Employment Law Group of the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. Please note, however, that the course materials and content are for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. Nothing herein, or in the course materials, shall be construed as professional advice as to any particular situation or constitute a legal opinion with respect to compliance with any federal, state, or local laws. Transmission of the information is not intended to create, and receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship. Readers should not act upon this information without seeking professional counsel. The information contained herein is provided only as general information that may or may not reflect the most current legal developments. This information is not provided in the course of an attorney-client relationship and is not intended to constitute legal advice or to substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney licensed in your state.
Target Audience
Any employee who deals with payment card transactions either at the point of sale or in a "back-office" function
PCI Compliance: What You Need to Know (Update Available)
identify the types of cardholder data that must be protected under the PCI DSS
determine whether a credit card presented by a cardholder is legitimate based on its characteristics and what action to take based on your determination
protect cardholder data during point of sale transactions when the card is present