Title: Payment Card Industry Program Data Security Standards
1Payment Card Industry ProgramData Security
Standards
- Alberto España, CISSPXtrategies, LLC
- aespana_at_xtrategies.com
- GIGSE Montreal
- June 2007
2Agenda
- Introduction
- What is PCI?
- Major Requirements
- Industry Findings
- How to prepare for Compliance
3A boutique consulting firm, with
extensivebanking, payments and strategy
experienceserving Latin America and the
Caribbean
Introduction
- Our highly experienced team follows a
result-driven process to deliver client value
quickly and consistently
- Focused analysis
- Pragmatic advice action plans
- Customized solutions project assistance
- Tangible results
- Follow through
We are a Qualified Security Assessor in the PCI
Program.
4Introduction
Some of our clients
5Introduction
- Xtrategies has performed over 40 PCI Audits to
date - First Atlantic Commerce - Bermuda
- E-Global - México
- Prosa - México
- Visa Argentina
- Visa Colombia
- Visanet Uruguay
- Visanet Guatemala
- Visanet Dominicana
- Visa Perú
- Alignet
- Aeroméxico/Mexicana
- McDonalds Argentina
- Movistar Argentina
- Costco México
- Comercial Mexicana
6What is PCI?
- The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
was adopted by the major brands in late 2004. - The PCI Program evolved from three major
programs - Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP)
from Visa USA - Mastercards Site Data Protection Program (SDP)
- Visa Internationals Account Information Security
Program (AIS)
7What is PCI?
- The objective of the PCI Program is to protect
credit and debit card sensitive data in all
phases of the payment process. PCI applies to - Processors
- Merchants
- Service Providers
- Call Centers
-
Any entity that has access to credit/debit card
data!
8What is PCI?
- Requirements for Compliance vary by Card Brand,
or Region - Classification by level of Risk
- Tier 1
- Tier 2
- Tier 3
- Required for all Processors by Visa and
Mastercard
9What is PCI?
- Merchant requirements vary
- Mastercard and Visa in the US - Merchants with 6
million transactions in a year. - Discover Card upon request only.
- Visa Latin America uses 80/20 rule by country
- Visa Europe and Asia rules vary by market
If any entity meets the requirement of any Card
Brand, then it immediately qualifies in the PCI
Program for all Brands!
10What is PCI?
- Two major requirements for Tier 1 Merchants
- Pass on-site audit by a Qualified Security
Assessor - Conduct Quarterly Scans using an authorized
scanning tool and show no level 3,4, or 5
vulnerabilities. - Submit Annual Self Assessment Questionnaire
- Requirements for Tier 2 Merchants
- Conduct Quarterly Scans using an authorized
scanning tool and show no level 3,4, or 5
vulnerabilities. - Submit Annual Self Assessment Questionnaire
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11Major Requirements
12Major Requirements
- Must meet all of the requirements to be
considered in Compliance. - Compensatory Controls are allowed at the
discretion of the QSA. - Annual Re-certification
- Quarterly Scans
13Findings
The reasons for the program are evident
14Findings
15Findings
16Findings
17How to Prepare for Compliance
- Compliance will be required sooner rather than
later. - Can start preparing right away. Consider PCI in
new releases or versions of your payment
application. This will save money in the long
run. - Consider Acquiring PCI compliant applications.
- Investment in technology and resources will be
required.
18How to Prepare for Compliance
- Assign full time staff to the Information
Security function. - Ensure you do not store any sensitive cardholder
data - Track 1 or 2
- CVV2
- PIN Blocks
- Any credit card number and other data to be
stored must be encrypted, masked, or truncated. - Protect your Network and establish a well
configured DMZ
19Thank You!