What Is PCI-Compliant Hosting?
PCI-compliant hosting is a web hosting solution that meets the security standards known as the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) set by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council . Every merchant that accepts credit cards must abide by these standards and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with PCI standards. PCI Compliance is all about protecting financial data, and specifically, the way that merchants process card payments, transmit payment data, and how they digitally store transaction records. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council is an alliance of major credit card companies in charge of the standards required to meet this requirement.