The Myth behind PCI Compliance Levels

PCI Defines levels of compliance based on whether or not you conduct business as a service provider, a merchant as well as the number of transactions that you process.

At first glance it may seem as though your company does not have to meet the Compliance standards the the PCI Data Security Standard outline.

However, If you dig a little bit deeper into the standard you will see that the moment a merchant compromises credit card information they immediately become a Level 1 Merchant.

Level 1 PCI Compliance means that your company will need to have yearly third-party PCI Audits by an approved PCI Audit firm. The audits are upwards of $10,000 per year. Your company will also need to make significant web infrastructure changes to comply with Level 1 requirements.

SafeMerchant.com offers products and services that help Merchants increase the security of their ecommerce infrastructure and achieve true PCI Compliance.

Contact SafeMerchant for a Free Merchant Security Assessment. It does not matter who you are doing business with now. SafeMerchant will provide you with a plan of action that you can implement to achieve compliance as well as tips to make your site more secure.