The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) represents an information security standard designed for organizations that store, process, or transmit credit cards and are exposed to cardholder data. The card brands themselves have advocated for the PCI standard which is administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC). Given organizations are interested in compliance, many ask the question “what are the PCI DSS Security Audit Procedures”?

Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus are UK government-backed schemes that are designed to help protect organizations against 80 percent of most common cyber-attacks. This scheme lays out five basic security controls that must be implemented in order to defend against today’s most common cyber threats. These controls are closely aligned to other notable security frameworks, including the Basic CIS Controls as well as the PCI DSS requirements.