Week 16 assignment 1 - PCI Audit checklist Assignment background If you are a merchant that processes credit card payments being PCI ( P ayment C ard I ndustry) compliant is desired as it is designed...

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Week 16 assignment 1 - PCI Audit checklist



Assignment background


If you are a merchant that processes credit card payments being PCI (PaymentCardIndustry) compliant is desired as it is designed to reduce credit card fraud.Being PCI compliant means that your business meets the criteria for (12) different items.



Assignment goal


Learn about PCI compliance along with what a PCI compliance audit looks like



Assignment task


Use your favorite Internet search engine to learn about PCI compliance and then produce a form that can be used as a checklist to see if an organization is PCI compliant or not.



Assignment specifics - Form layout


Create a form that can be used as a checklistto verify that a business is or is not PCI compliant. The form should contain the following items:



Item



  1. A listing of all (12) PCI compliance audit points

  2. A
    brief
    ((1) sentence/phrase please) explanation of all (12) PCI compliance audit points

  3. A way of indicating whether an item has low, medium or high criticality in terms of its PCI compliance importance

  4. A location formarking whether an item is PCI compliant or not

  5. A location to leave a brief explanation of why a particular item is deficient

  6. A place to leave the date of the audit, name of organization being audited, name and signature of the auditor



In order to obtain credit


Upload an MS Excel spreadsheet, MS Word or .PDF document



GROUND RULES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT



  1. Spelling, grammar and "readability" count

  2. Document must be no more than (4) pages

  3. Please be sure tohave contentwhich addresses each of the items listed above



Scoring - This assignment is worth up (5) points as follows:


(1) point for sufficiently covering form layout item a -Listing of all (12) PCI compliance audit points


(1) point for sufficientlycovering form layout item b - Providing a
brief
explanation ofeach of the (12) PCI compliance audit points


Up to (2) points for sufficiently covering form layout items c-f - Various fields


(1) points for submitting a form that is attractive, easy-to-read and contains minimal typing, spelling and grammatical errors

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Answer To: Week 16 assignment 1 - PCI Audit checklist Assignment background If you are a merchant that...

Preeta answered on Dec 08 2021
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PCI Form layout:
    Date of the audit:
    Name of the organization:
    Name of the auditor:
    Signature
of the auditor:
    PCI compliance audit points
    Explanation
    PCI compliance importance
    Complied With (Yes/No)
    If not complied, the reason for that
    The system needs to be protected with firewalls
    Firewall is to be installed so that assurance on the protection of the system can be given.
    High
    
    
    Passwords and settings should be configured
    There should be proper configuration of the passwords and settings so that those cannot be easily accessed.
    High
    
    
    The data of the cardholders which are stored should be protected
    The data of the cardholder has to be stored for future reference but that has to be well protected to prevent any...
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