Not being PCI compliant doesn’t only betray your customers’ trust, but breaches will subject your business to steep fines and expenses. Keeping your business in-line, however, is easier than you think. How to complete the Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) – To become PCI compliant, your business needs to meet the standards set according to the security category it falls into.
Most businesses (likely yours too) belong to category 3 or 4, which involve the same procedures: Fill in a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and at minimum, a Quarterly PCI Compliance scan, run by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV). The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) defines the SAQ as “a validation tool to assist merchants and service providers in demonstrating their compliance.”