Compliance (PCI)What PCI DSS compliance actually costs, and what drives the numberNobody can quote you a PCI DSS compliance cost from the name of your company. Two merchants in the same industry, with the same card…
Compliance (PCI)The PCI DSS checklist that survives a QSAMost PCI checklists are the twelve requirements retyped with tick boxes next to them. You can tick every box on one of those and still…
Compliance (PCI)SAQ A in 2026: the eligibility line that moved, and who now falls outside itYour payment provider tells you that SAQ A still covers you. Your assessor says the rules changed last year. Both of them are reading the…
Compliance (PCI)PCI merchant levels: how your level is set and what it changesYour level is not set by the PCI Council. Visa and Mastercard each set their own, your acquirer tells you, and the same level number…
Compliance (PCI)What an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) does, and how to pass your quarterly PCI scanYour acquirer asks for a passing scan every quarter. Your scanning tool says you are clean. The report still comes back failed, and nobody in…