PCI fundamentals (2022/2023) Graded A
ASV ✔✔Approved Scanning Vendor
PCI ✔✔Payment Card Industry
PTS ✔✔PIN Transaction Security (device)
QSA ✔✔Qualified Security Assessor
ROC ✔✔Report on Compilance
ROV
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PCI fundamentals (2022/2023) Graded A
ASV ✔✔Approved Scanning Vendor
PCI ✔✔Payment Card Industry
PTS ✔✔PIN Transaction Security (device)
QSA ✔✔Qualified Security Assessor
ROC ✔✔Report on Compilance
ROV ✔✔Report on Validation
QIR ✔✔Qualified Integrator Reseller
Which entity is responsible for developing and enforcing compliance programs? ✔✔Payment
Brands
Which entity is responsible for forensic investigations of account data compromise? ✔✔Payment
Brands
Which entity is response to Accept validation documentation from QSAs, PA-QSAs and ASVs
✔✔Payment Brands
Which entity is response Endorse QSA, PA-QSA and ASV company qualification criteria
✔✔Payment Brands
Merchant obligations may include submitting their compliance status to multiple entities. True or
false? ✔✔True
The decision about a merchant's level is made by the ✔✔Merchant's aquirer
Level 1 and 2 merchants must include ___________ as part of their PCI DSS compliance
validation reporting process? ✔✔Level 1 and 2 merchants need quarterly external vulnerability
scans to be performed by an ASV. Level 2 merchants may use SAQs to validate compliance.
SAQ ✔✔Self-assessment Questionaire
Type of SAQ? Card-Not-Present (e-commerce or MO/TO) merchants, all cardholder data
functions outsourced to PCI DSS compliant service providers.
Not applicable to face-to-face channels. ✔✔A
Type of SAQ? E-commerce merchants who outsource all payment processing to PCI DSS
validated third parties, and who have a website(s) that doesn't directly receive cardholder data
but that can impact the security of the payment transaction. No electronic storage, processing, or
transmission of any cardholder data on the merchant's systems or premises.
Applicable only to e-commerce channels. ✔✔A-EP
Type of SAQ? Imprint-only merchants with no electronic cardholder data storage, or standalone,
dial-out terminal merchants with no electronic cardholder data storage.
Not applicable to e-commerce channels. ✔✔B
Type of SAQ? Merchants using only stand-alone, PTS-approved payment terminals with an IP
connection to the payment processor, with no electronic cardholder data storage.
Not applicable to e-commerce channels. ✔✔B-IP
Type of SAQ? Merchants with segmented payment application systems connected to the
Internet, with no electronic cardholder data storage.
Not applicable to e-commerce channels. ✔✔C
Type of SAQ? Merchants using only web-based virtual payment terminals, with no electronic
cardholder data storage.
Not applicable to e-commerce channels. ✔✔C-VT
TYPE of SAQ? All merchants not included in the descriptions for other SAQ types. ✔✔D for
Merchants
Type SAQ? All service providers identified by a payment brand as eligible to complete a SAQ
✔✔D for providers
Type of SAQ? Merchants who have implemented a validated Point-to-Point Encryption Solution
that is listed on the PCI SSC website, with no electronic cardholder data storage.
Not applicable to e-commerce channels. ✔✔P2Pe
Does PA-DSS apply to Custom payment applications endorsed by the PCI SSC. ✔✔False
Does PA-DSS apply to Custom payment application used by one company? ✔✔No
Does PA-DSS apply to Third-party payment application designed for one company? ✔✔no
Does PA-DSS apply to Third-party, "off-the-shelf" payment application? ✔✔True
Use of a Qualified Integrator/Reseller (QIR) is required by PCI DSS ✔✔false
Use of a Qualified Integrator/Reseller (QIR) Ensures PCI DSS compilance ✔✔false
Use of a Qualified Integrator/Reseller (QIR) Replaces the need for PCI DSS ✔✔false
Use of a Qualified Integrator/Reseller (QIR) is a good step towards PCI DSS compilance
✔✔true
Which entity is responsible for developing and enforcing compliance programs? ✔✔Payment
card Brands
Which entity is responsible for forensic investigations of account data compromise? ✔✔Payment
card Brands
Which entity is responsible for Determine merchant levels and reporting process ✔✔Aquirers
covers security of the environments that store, process, or transmit account data
Environments receive account data from payment applications and other sources (e.g.,
acquirers) ✔✔PCI DSS
covers secure payment applications to support PCI DSS compliance
Payment application receives account data from PIN-entry devices (PEDs) or other devices and
begins payment transaction ✔✔PA-DSS
covers the protection of sensitive data at point-of-interaction devices and their secure
components, including cardholder PINs and account data, and the cryptographic keys used in
connection with the protection of that cardholder data ✔✔PCI PTS - POI
covers secure management, processing and transmission of personal identification
number (PIN) data during online and offline payment card transaction processing ✔✔PCI PTS -
PIN Security
covers physical, logical and device security requirements for securing Hardware Security
Modules (HSM) ✔✔PCI PTS - HSM:
covers physical and logical security requirements for systems and business processes ✔✔PCI
Card Production
EPP ✔✔Encrypting PIN Pads
UPTS ✔✔Unattended Payment Terminals
The ___ program ensures terminals cannot be manipulated or attacked to allow the capture of
Sensitive Authentication data, nor allow access to clear-text PINs or Keys ✔✔PTS
The ___ allows terminals to be approved for the secure encryption of cardholder data as part of
the Point to Point Encryption program ✔✔Secure Read and Exchange Module, (SRED)
These requirements provide for secure PIN: ✔✔management
processing
transmission
The PCI DSS applies to: ✔✔any entity that stores, processes, or transmits payment card account
data.
The standard for validating off-the-shelf payment applications used in authorization and
settlement is: ✔✔PA-DSS is the standard used by PA-QSAs to validate payment applications.
Authorization ✔✔Merchant requests and receives authorization ultimately from the issuer
Customer purchasing goods either as a "Card Present" or "Card Not Present" transaction
Receives the payment card and bills from the issuer ✔✔Cardholder
Bank or other organization issuing a payment card on behalf of a Payment Brand (e.g.
MasterCard & Visa)
Payment Brand issuing a payment card directly (e.g. Amex, Discover, JCB) ✔✔Issuer
Organization accepting the payment card for payment during a purchase ✔✔Merchant
Bank or entity the merchant uses to process their payment card transactions
Receive authorization request from merchant and forward to Issuer for approval
Provide authorization, clearing and settlement services to merchants ✔✔Aquirer
Merchant Bank
ISO (sometimes)
Payment Brand - Amex, Discover, JCB
Never Visa or MasterCard
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