PCI DSS: The Visa CISP Program:

For Visa, Inc., PCI DSS compliance includes following their Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP), along with the incorporated PCI DSS standards.

The CISP program includes compliance and validation requirements for the following entities:

• Merchants-All merchants including retail (brick-and-mortar), mail/telephone order, and e-commerce.
  
  
• Service Providers-Visa identifies service providers as organizations that process, store, or transmit Visa cardholder data on behalf of Visa members, merchants, or other service providers.
  
  
• Payment Applications-Visa offers a "Best Practices" document for Payment applications, with the goal that the payment application must not retain full magnetic stripe data or CVV2 data. As well, as well the software must support a merchants and service providers' ability to comply with the PCI Data Security Standard.

                    

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