The PCI Security Standards aim to give cardholders the assurance that cardholder data remains safe and secure when processed by your organization.
Compliance applies to any company that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data belonging to the major credit card organizations including American Express, Visa and Mastercard.
The PCI DSS is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical control measures.
The Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) is a validation tool intended to assist merchants and service providers in self-evaluating their compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). When completed, you will have made a good assessment of your risk level. If the assessment indicates that remediation work is needed, you will need to undertake this work in order to comply with PCI DSS.