PCI Compliance : Understand and Implement Effective PCI Data Security Standard Compliance

by Williams; Chuvakin; Bradley

• ISBN13: 9781597491655
• ISBN10: 1597491659
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-22
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Identity theft has been steadily rising in recent years, and credit card data is one of the number one targets for identity theft. With a few pieces of key information. Organized crime has made malware development and computer networking attacks more professional and better defenses are necessary to protect against attack. The credit card industry established the PCI Data Security standards to provide a baseline expectancy for how vendors, or any entity that handles credit card transactions or data, should protect data to ensure it is not stolen or compromised. This book will provide the information that you need to understand the PCI Data Security standards and how to effectively implement security on the network infrastructure in order to be compliant with the credit card industry guidelines and protect sensitive and personally identifiable information. *PCI Data Security standards apply to every company globally that processes or transmits credit card transaction data *Information with helps to develop and implement an effective security strategy to keep their infrastructure compliant *The authors are well known and each has an extensive information security background, making them ideal for conveying the information the reader needs

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Why PCI Is Important

Build & Maintain a Secure Network

Protect Cardholder Data

Vulnerability Management

Strong Access Control

Logging Access & Events

Monitor & Test

Monitoring Information Security Policy

How to Plan a Project to Meet Compliance

Leveraging PCI Compliance efforts with other Compliance Requirements

Responsibilities

Preparing to Fail Your First Test

You're Compliant, Now What

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