subject: Pci Pa Dss Compliance - What Is New In It? [print this page] The merchants who even do not know about the PCI compliance are now is in much more confusion by the name of PCI PA-DSS compliance. The PA-DSS compliance stands for the (Payment Application- Data Security Standard) which have some rules and regulations according to it. The PCI compliance was even a confusing topic for most of the business man in E-commerce industry and now with this new PA-DSS, they are scratching their heads.
The deadline and the new compliance is not good news for the one who are in the online business industry. Even there is no fixed punishments for those, who have not yet compliant with new PA DSS but if any online store owner is caught non-compliant then they will attract a penalties or the increased fees and may face big amount of fines. Some cases may result in getting termination of their services or even closer of the online web services.
The confusion is created with the information about exactly which merchants have to comply with the new DSS. It is a bit of complex but we define with the basic that everyone whoever is processing any type of Credit card information then you need to make use of PA-DSS certified shopping cart so that you can comply for the PCI.
If you are an online business vendor or e-commerce merchants then it is very necessary for you to insure that your hosting is PCI compliant and the shopping cart you are using is PA-DSS certified. If any one of host or cart is not compliant with the PCI then your web services and your business is in danger. Many companies are even waiting to get certified and to be added in the list of compliant.
So if you are in e-commerce business and do not want to lose your business then you must comply with New PCI PA-DSS and get verified as soon as possible. And do not use any shopping cart or anything that do not comply with the PA-DSS certification.
