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CERTIFIED-IN-CYBERSECURITY · Question #98

Which of these is the PRIMARY objective of the PCI-DSS standard? ()

The correct answer is A. Secure Credit Cards Payments. PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was created by major card brands (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) with one primary goal: protecting cardholder data and securing credit/debit card transactions. It defines technical and operational requirements for any organization…

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Question

Which of these is the PRIMARY objective of the PCI-DSS standard? ()

Options

  • ASecure Credit Cards Payments
  • BProtected Health Information (PHI)
  • CChange Management
  • DPersonally Identifiable Information (PII)

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    92% (22)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)

Explanation

PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was created by major card brands (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) with one primary goal: protecting cardholder data and securing credit/debit card transactions. It defines technical and operational requirements for any organization that stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data. PHI (Protected Health Information) is governed by HIPAA, PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is addressed by privacy regulations like GDPR, and Change Management is an IT governance process - none of these are the focus of PCI-DSS.

Topics

#PCI-DSS#Data Security Standards#Compliance#Credit Card Security

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