A List of Our Most-Viewed PCI 3.0 Resources.

UPDATE: As of April 2016, PCI DSS 3.2 is the latest standard. Read more about the 3.2 updates. 

Now that the PCI DSS has changed with new Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) questions and clarifications, merchants may no longer be in compliance. The newest version of PCI DSS is 3.0, and it became mandatory on January 1, 2015. [PCI DSS Version 3.0 was retired on 30 June 2015. Check out PCI 3.1]

pci 3.0 changesAll businesses that processes, store, or transmit payment card data are required to be compliant with PCI DSS 3.0, and many merchant banks also require merchants to validate their compliance each year.

If you need more info about PCI, check out this quick PCI FAQ guide.

Hopefully the new change didn’t catch you by surprise, but if it did, here’s a list of our most popular PCI DSS 3.0 resources to help you get to know the changes with PCI DSS 3.0, and how to achieve compliance and security in 2015.

Are You Ready? New PCI 3.0 Rules Start in January

This article featured in Multi Unit Franchisee magazine gives a great overview of the most important requirement changes in PCI DSS 3.0.

FAQ About PCI 3.0

This blog post by Chase Palmer answers the top questions most people have about PCI DSS 3.0.

19 Key PCI 3.0 Requirements, Explained

This white paper explains the most important changes and new requirements in PCI DSS 3.0.

PCI 3.0: What You Need To Know

What requirements changed from PCI 2.0, and why? This blog post by Gary Glover dives deep into each changed requirement.

PCI DSS 3.0: New Changes And How They Affect Your Compliance

PCI DSS 3.0 was designed to provide additional security guidance, address emerging threats, and establish business-as-usual compliance practices. This webinar answers the question, “What does PCI 3.0 mean for my compliance?”

Ecommerce Guide to PCI DSS 3.0 (PDF)

This manual discusses common ecommerce processing methods, threats and vulnerabilities of ecommerce technologies, and PCI validation requirements for ecommerce processing methods.

Ecommerce guide to PCI 3.0 webinarThe Ecommerce Guide to PCI DSS 3.0(WEBINAR)

This webinar will break down new PCI 3.0 SAQs, identify key changes in compliance validation, and discuss the potential impact of ecommerce technology on security.

A note to SecurityMetrics customers:

We've created a new PCI DSS 3.0 portal to simplify your validation to the new standard. Any new SecurityMetrics customer validating to PCI DSS 3.0 will have immediate access to the new interface for PCI DSS 3.0. Existing customers will receive access to the new PCI DSS 3.0 solution in their online portal as soon as their PCI DSS 2.0 validation with SecurityMetrics expires.Learn more about the new portal here.