PCI Compliance
As of 5/13/2009, Cypress Kumon is PCI compliant.
What is Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance?
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Program is a mandated security initiative which was created to offer merchants and service providers a complete, unified approach to safeguarding credit cardholder information for all card brands.
In September of 2006, a group of five leading payment brands including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International jointly announced formation of the PCI Security Standards Council, an independent council established to manage ongoing evolution of the PCI standard. Concurrent with the announcement, the council released version 1.1 of the PCI standard.
What Are the PCI Compliance Standards?
The PCI Data Security Standard requirements apply to all payment card network members, merchants and service providers that store, process or transmit cardholder data, and affect all payment channels, these include all entities which store, process, or transmit cardholder data must be PCI compliant. Payment channels including retail (brick and mortar), mail/telephone order, and e-commerce organizations.
The PCI Data Security Standard is comprised of 12 general requirements designed to:
- Build and maintain a secure network;
- Protect cardholder data;
- Ensure the maintenance of vulnerability management programs;
- Implement strong access control measures;
- Regularly monitor and test networks;
- and Ensure the maintenance of information security policies.
For more information: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/
Download compliance_certificate.pdf
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