What does it mean?

Payment card industry (PCI) compliance is mandated by credit card companies to help ensure the security of credit card transactions in the payments industry.

By achieving PCI certification, Splynx proves the continuous maintenance of rigorous data security standards to ensure that its customer’s credit card information remains safe and secure.

How does it relate to your business and your end-users?

You preserve your peace of mind knowing that all financial and credit card information is handled in a secure manner that helps reduce the likelihood that cardholders would have sensitive financial account information stolen.

Being PCI compliant proves that Splynx consistently adheres to a set of guidelines and requirements set forth by the PCI Standards Council. Those include:

• Implement firewalls to protect data
• Appropriate password protection
• Protect cardholder data
• Encryption of transmitted cardholder data
• Update software and maintain security systems
• Restrict access to cardholder data
• Unique IDs assigned to those with access to data
• Restrict physical access to data
• Create and monitor access logs
• Test security systems on a regular basis

Besides the fact that with PCI compliant software it’s much safer to run your business, this also helps you build trusted relationships with your clients by guaranteeing them their financial data security. It’s a great advantage to offer your clients in times when cyberfraud is widespread.