Read Chapter 3

For your follow-up posts this week, you may wish to visit a couple of the web sites contributed by your classmates and share your opinion of these sites with the class. Be sure to read the follow-up posts to your own posts and reply to any questions or requests for clarification. You are encouraged to conduct research and use other sources to support your answers.

Be sure to list your references at the end of your post. References must be in APA citation format. All posts must be a minimum of 250-300 words.

You must type directly into the text editor. Discussion assignments will not be accepted after the due date and time.

You must first create a discussion thread in order to be able to view other posts.

In order to properly answer the questions below, you must first complete Lab 3.

1. Explain why PCI Compliance is so important?

2. What are the implications for companies that are are not PCI compliant? What can potentially happen to if companies are not compliant?

3. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is not a law, but merely a standard. What information systems security controls and countermeasures should be in place to achieve this standard. Please give examples to support your answer.

4. Suppose you were a consultant to a major corporation. What PCI-DSS compliant mitigation remedies would you recommend to your client?