PCI-DSS Level 1 Compliance
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PCI-DSS Level 1 Compliance
This Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard was developed in 2004 to ensure that security measures are in place for any company that handles credit card information. The standard includes best practices in areas of data network accessibility, firewalls, data encryption during transport, and antivirus measures. The level of PCI compliance required depends on the number and type of credit card transactions a business processes per year, and Level 1 is the highest and most stringent of the four levels.