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PCI Compliance for Merchants

As a merchant who processes a minimum of 20,000 transactions credit card transactions annually (a Level 1, 2 or 3 Merchant by Visa's Merchant Level standards), you must adhere to the PCI DSS requirements to ensure the security of your customers' data. To handle the merchant compliance requirements in-house, you must be prepared to meet a number of challenges:

Assessment Deliverables Expensive Tools Staff Responsibilities
  • Log review
  • System configurations
  • Info gathering
  • Policies
  • Procedures
  • Auditor interview
  • Log management
  • File integrity monitoring
  • Anti-virus
  • Access control
  • All the necessary software could cost around $30K
  • Audits - Ongoing/daily
  • Event resolution
  • Risk assessment
  • Change control
  • Documentation
  • Tool upkeep
  • Patches/updates

Meeting the PCI DSS merchant compliance requirements can be a daunting prospect, drawing precious work time away from revenue-generating activities. A managed hosting provider can alleviate a great deal of your PCI compliance responsibilities, provided you find the right partner.

Let Layered Tech handle 100% of the PCI DSS IT requirements for you.

Layered Tech provides the help you need to rapidly meet PCI merchant compliance standards, lightening your load to focus on critical tasks at hand.

You'll receive exceptional support and guidance from our team of IT experts. This team proactively works with you to ensure the entire chain of your application is PCI DSS compliant. It is a consultative process – and an ongoing one, as well. Just as seriously as the credit card companies take compliance, so does Layered Tech. And with years of compliance expertise to Layered Tech's credit, your support team will help you understand the process involved in achieving compliance and will take on 100% of the IT requirements (about 80% of the total PCI DSS requirements) for you. And having established relationships with many of the industry's Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs), Layered Tech will work alongside them to help you successfully pass the annual security evaluation and receive your Report on Compliance (ROC).

How did Layered Tech become such experts in security and PCI compliance?

Layered Tech's qualifications in the compliance arena stem from 2004, when Layered Tech was recognized as the first hosting facility in the world to meet VISA CISP security standards for managed hosting and colocation hosting. Through the years, we have continued to build upon our compliance expertise, helping companies like yours understand the complexities of security and achieve their own compliance. Today, Layered Tech is one of the only hosting providers currently entrusted with direct connectivity into three major credit cards' networks and authorized to maintain their servers. And as a trusted, respected voice in the PCI marketplace, Layered Tech actively participates with PCI Security Standards Council, providing insight and guidance regarding the implementation of PCI compliance.

Learn more about how Layered Tech can help you meet the PCI DSS merchant compliance requirements through our unique combination of PCI compliance experience and proactive support.

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