What are PCI and CISP security standards?
The Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) is a set of rules established by Visa for securing your computer systems and data from unauthorized access and loss of credit card information. These rules have been in place for several years and were required of large credit card processors, but were only recommendations for most merchants accepting credit cards. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard is an industry-wide standard that incorporates many of the CISP standards and adds additional requirements. These are now generally referred to as the PCI data security standard or the PCI-CISP data security standard. Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and other card issuers use the new PCI standard as a part of their data security programs.
