SECURITY FAQ
What is PCI DSS?
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) was launched on September 7, 2006 to manage the ongoing evolution of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards with a focus on improving payment account security throughout the transaction process. The PCI DSS is administered and managed by the PCI SSC (www.pcisecuritystandards.org), an independent body that was created by the major payment card brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB.). It is important to note that the payment brands and acquirers are responsible for enforcing compliance, not the PCI council. A copy of the PCI DSS is available here.
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Does PCI DSS apply to me?
Yes.
Regardless of your size, how many transactions you run or the size of those transactions, every merchant who accepts credit and debit cards must comply with the standards. The great news is that Processa provides this compliance at NO COST!
What are the PCI "Levels"?
All merchants will fall into one of the four merchant levels based on Visa transaction volume over a 12-month period. Transaction volume is based on the aggregate number of Visa transactions (inclusive of credit, debit and prepaid) from a merchant Doing Business As (‘DBA’). In cases where a merchant corporation has more than one DBA, Visa acquirers must consider the aggregate volume of transactions stored, processed or transmitted by the corporate entity to determine the validation level. If data is not aggregated, such that the corporate entity does not store, process or transmit cardholder data on behalf of multiple DBAs, acquirers will continue to consider the DBA’s individual transaction volume to determine the validation level.
Merchant levels as defined by Visa:
| Merchant Level | Description |
| 1 | Any merchant — regardless of acceptance channel — processing over 6M Visa transactions per year. Any merchant that Visa, at its sole discretion, determines should meet the Level 1 merchant requirements to minimize risk to the Visa system. |
| 2 | Any merchant — regardless of acceptance channel — processing 1M to 6M Visa transactions per year. |
| 3 | Any merchant processing 20,000 to 1M Visa e-commerce transactions per year. |
| 4 | Any merchant processing fewer than 20,000 Visa e-commerce transactions per year, and all other merchants — regardless of acceptance channel — processing up to 1M Visa transactions per year. |
What do I need to do to become PCI compliant?
Let us handle that for you!
Processa has partnered with PCI Compliance companies and Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs) to take the worry out of maintaining your compliance.
Are Processa’s products all PCI compliant?
Yes!
All of our in-store, online and mobile products meet the required PCI specifications.
