Subject Name:  Legal, Regulations, Investigations, and Compliance 

To  help businesses reduce risks around data protection and security, the  payments industry established the Payment Card Industry Security  Standards Council (also known as PCI SSC or the PCI Council) and PCI  DSS. Being PCI compliant when accepting credit cards on your web site is very important. 

1. Discuss TWO (2)  PCI DSS compliances (must provide with APA citations/references) for a  small business owners/designers, who wishes to conduct e-commerce business with other small businesses using the following: 

• Paypal button 
• Shopify 

2. Discuss the difference between the two PCI data standards of SAQ A and SAQ A-EP.  

3. Review the document at  https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/SAQ_A-EP_v3.pdf 

DQ requirement: Note that the requirement is to post your initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM and you must post one additional post   to atleast one other student during the week (by Sunday 11:59PM). Your  initial posting should be between 200-to-300 words. The replies to  fellow students and to the professor should range between 100-to-150  words. All initial posts must contain a properly formatted in-text  citation and scholarly reference.