The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed to encourage and enhance cardholder data security and facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures globally. PCI DSS provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect account data. PCI DSS applies to all entities involved in payment card processing—including merchants, processors, acquirers, issuers, and service providers. PCI DSS also applies to all other entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data (CHD) and/or sensitive authentication data (SAD).

Why this is important to Clayton State?

Clayton State University processes payment cards on campus for various products and services. To continue processing payment cards, Clayton State must attest that they are compliant to the standard. Should Clayton State be found to be Not Compliant, the Institute may lose the ability to process payments using payment cards.