Every business and consumer should be concerned about the security of their credit card data. PCI DSS stands for the Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard. It sets policies and procedures for businesses of all sizes to help implement security best practices in the handling, transmitting, processing and storing of customer credit card information.
When you think of credit card security best practices, do you think about how you expect a business to protect your credit card information when you make a purchase?
PCI DSS was created to address these issues and create security best practices for the credit card industry including all businesses that accept credit cards.
One of the important requirements of PCI DSS compliance involves the PCI security awareness training of employees upon hire and annually. This training must be conducted yearly and can be completed in conjunction with the signing of the acceptable use policy statement.
The acceptable use policy statement describes the policies and procedures employees are required to follow when using company computers and resources.
If you accept, manage, or transmit Credit Cards and the personal information contained in the card, you need to train your employees upon hire and annually to be PCI DSS compliant.
Employees are on the front line to protect the credit card information and their understanding of the rules and vigilance is imperative. Training all employees on the rules of PCI DSS compliance should be one of the first steps required when starting this process.
Whether your employees work at the front desk with customers or in a back office, they are equally responsible to follow the PCI DSS rules.
Employees need to be aware that if they see a problem with the way credit card data is being handled that they report this to their manager as soon as possible. This is an important piece of the PCI DSS security awareness training requirement.
The education of all employees on PCI DSS rules is now a required best practice for all organizations that process credit cards. It is imperative that employees always treat customer credit card information, as they would want their own information to be protected.
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