{"id":504,"date":"2021-02-02T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/helpcenter2020\/1\/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-comply-with-pci-dss\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T13:43:30","slug":"what-do-i-need-to-do-to-comply-with-pci-dss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/getting-started\/security-and-compliance\/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-comply-with-pci-dss\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I need to do to comply with PCI-DSS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To comply with PCI-DSS requirements, you must do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use equipment and systems that comply with the PCI-DSS\u2019s requirements for processing and storing sensitive cardholder data<\/li>\n<li>Educate your employees about the best practices for working with cardholder data<\/li>\n<li>Complete an annual self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) or an on-site audit by an external assessor each year<\/li>\n<li>Carry out software scans to discover potential flaws in your system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best practices<\/h3>\n<p>You should also follow our best practices to help you secure your network, which include the following:<\/p>\n<h4>Do<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Use only PCI-DSS approved PIN entry devices<\/li>\n<li>Use a properly configured firewall on your network and computers<\/li>\n<li>Use strong passwords and change the default passwords on hardware and software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Don&#8217;t<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Share passwords with employees<\/li>\n<li>Use passwords more than once<\/li>\n<li>Use weak or insecure protocols for connecting to your access point<\/li>\n<li>Connect to access points you don\u2019t trust or haven\u2019t set up yourself<\/li>\n<li>Leave your POS devices unattended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To comply with PCI-DSS requirements, you must do the following: Use equipment and systems that comply with the PCI-DSS\u2019s requirements for processing and storing sensitive cardholder data Educate your employees about the best practices for working with cardholder data Complete an annual self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) or an on-site audit by an external assessor each year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n <div style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"page-blu\"><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/getting-started\/security-and-compliance\/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-comply-with-pci-dss\/\">Read More <\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[146,154,768,14,15,769],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.globalpaymentsintegrated.com\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}