PCI Partner is the Wind River Financial Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) program. It combines the information security and compliance services of Trustwave®, the breach protection services of Royal Group Services®, and the data security expertise of the Wind River Financial team.

Specifically, Trustwave will facilitate a process with you via online tools in order to evaluate your processing environment and corresponding compliance needs. This process will guide you through the completion of a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) in order to satisfy PCI-DSS requirements. Depending on your card acceptance types, Trustwave may also conduct scans of your processing environment to detect vulnerabilities.

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Do You Store Credit Card Information?

If your business stores credit card information electronically in order to process recurring transactions or orders from repeat customers, you are subject to a rigorous set of requirements in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).  These mandatory requirements are difficult and expensive to meet and sustain.

Of course, you have a legitimate need to access cardholder information in order to conduct business in the most efficient way possible.  So how do you maintain access and still store information in a way that lowers risk and cost-effectively complies with PCI-DSS?

Your Two Options: 

Businesses that need to store credit card information have essentially two options.