What is PCI Compliance?

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, commonly referred to as simply PCI, was developed by Visa and MasterCard in response to the unsettling amount of credit card data theft that has been taking place by hackers.  Although originally created by MasterCard and Visa, PCI standards are also being utilized by DiscoverCard, American Express, and JCB as well. 

What PCI Compliance means to you:

PCI Compliance is critical to your online business. As a result of the PCI compliance standards developed by MasterCard and Visa, all of the major credit card companies require merchants to abide by them.  In addition, the shopping cart vendors, web hosts, and payment service providers used by the merchant must also comply with these standards.  If merchants fail to abide by these standards, they may be fined as much as a half a million dollars!  In addition, the credit card company may no longer allow the merchant to accept credit card payments.

PCI Compliance with IDWorldwide

Our Verified Business, Verified SSL Security, and Hacker Safe certifications make it simple for merchants to remain in compliance and to avoid facing such harsh penalties.  Our Master Certification certifies our comprehensive auditing, verification, and approval of your online business identity, security, and business practices. By working directly with Visa and Mastercard, we have been able to develop an online PCI wizard that makes it easy and affordable for you to make sure you are in compliance with PCI standards. 

With our unique and accurate application, your self-assessment questionnaire, or SAQ, will be automatically completed.  In addition, the wizard will automatically implement your quarterly scans.  During these scans, the wizard will check for vulnerabilities within your system and will also create the necessary documents required for PCI compliance reporting. 

When you purchase name of product, you also receive the professional assistance of our trained technical support staff, both online and via telephone.  In addition, you can take comfort in knowing that name of product has met the requirements of Mastercard’s, SDP, Visa’s CISP and AIS, DiscoverCard, American Express’ DSS, and JCB.

Verifying with IDWorldwide: Peace of Mind

IDWorldwide is also able to verify your website.  By verifying the identity of your website, your customers will be more comfortable with using your website and making purchases through your site when they see that your business website has been verified.  With our services, you can also demonstrate to your customers that you have all of the proper items in place to protect them.  This includes having a solid Privacy Policy and an SSL certificate that is valid. 

By making sure you are in compliance with PCI standards, you will keep your customers protected and also avoid the possibility of being fined or losing your privileges to accept credit cards.  By having certification demonstrating that your identity is accurate and real, your customers will have the peace of mind knowing that they can trust your wbsite.  Due to the potential of credit card fraud or otherwise having information stolen online, many people will refuse to make purchases from a website that does not have this type of certification.