Tools to Assist with PCI Assessments

First-time compliance assessments

For Merchants that are performing a PCI DSS assessment for the first time, the PCI Security Standard Council (PCI SSC) has a number of tools and resources to provide guidance and assistance.

PCI Prioritized Approach Tool

The PCI Prioritized Approach Tool provides six security milestones that will help you incrementally protect against the highest risk factors and escalating threats while on the road to PCI DSS compliance. It offers you:

• A roadmap to address its risks in priority order
• A pragmatic approach that allows for “quick wins”
• Support for financial and operational planning
• Promotion of objective and measurable progress indicators
• Help promote consistency among Qualified Security Assessors

You may find the PCI Prioritized Approach Tool in the PCI SSC Document Library

PCI SSC resources for small merchants

PCI SSC provides small merchant resources to educate the relevancy and importance of basic payment security requirements to protect themselves and their customers. This also is a great first step toward familiarizing the small merchants with compliance requirements related to PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

To learn more, please visit the PCI SSC Merchant Resources

Additional PCI SSC resources

PCI SSC provides various materials and resources including Information Supplements to help organizations to work towards or align with PCI standards.

To learn more, please visit the PCI SSC Merchant Resources