PCI DSS Compliance: An Overview

Overview

The growth of online services to facilitate ease of use for customers to purchase goods has grown exponentially. In order to make this process easier, customers generally pay for the services or goods by credit or debit card. However, improved efficiency and convenience for the consumer mean crime has also become easier and more convenient. Criminals have become more skillful having discovered that there is a significant amount of money to be acquired with very little risk and as such, credit card fraud and identity theft have become much more common place in recent years. Network infrastructures that are utilized commercially necessitate absolute security due to the sensitive personal information which they contain.