What is PCI DSS?
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard for organizations that handle branded credit cards from the major card schemes. The PCI Standard is mandated by the card brands but administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.
WHY PCI DSS TRAINING?
This training will give you the knowledge, skills, and abilities to become an expert in the most in-demand and lucrative niche (PCI DSS) in the cybersecurity field.
This training give you the opportunity to enter the Payment security information field and provides you with the tools to help organizations build a secure payment environment.
This course will help you to demonstrate a level of PCI DSS understanding that provides a strong foundation for a career in the payments security industry.
WHAT IS COVERED IN THE COURSE?
This course outlines the PCI DSS Standards and provides you with the skills and tools to build a secure payments environment and help organizations achieve PCI DSS compliance.
Course highlights include:
- Principles of PCI DSS, PA-DSS, PCI PTS, and PCI P2PE Standards
- Understanding of PCI DSS requirements and intent
- Overview of basic payment industry terminology
- Understanding the transaction flow
- Implementing a risk-based prioritized approach
- Appropriate uses of compensating controls
- Working with third parties and service providers
- How and when to use Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs)
- Recognizing how new technologies affect the PCI (e.g. virtualization, tokenization, mobile, cloud)
- PCI DSS testing procedures
- Payment brand specific requirements
- PCI validation requirements
- PCI reporting requirements
- Real world case studies
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Provides you with a competitive career advantage.
- Provides a solid foundation for a career in the payments industry.
- Allows you to support your organization’s or client’s ongoing compliance efforts through your knowledge of how to apply PCI Standards.
- Understand the relationship between all entities involved in the PCI DSS compliance process.
- Gain a deep knowledge of the 12 PCI DSS requirements and how they are designed to protect cardholder data.
- Be able to apply the PCI DSS requirements to real-world scenarios.
- Be a point of knowledge on PCI DSS at your organization.
Course Structure
- Location(s) Program Offered: Remote/Online
- Learning Methodology: Virtual instructor-led
- Credential Awarded: Certificate of Completion
- Length of Program: 3/6 Months
- Lecture/Lab Hours: 180
- Maximum Student/Teacher Ratio: 25:1
- Prerequisites: Knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals
- Internship Opportunity: After Graduation
Become A PCI DSS Specialist
- 3-Month Training
- 1-Month Internship
- Gain PCI DSS Implementor Knowledge and skills
- Gain a solid foundation for a career in the payments industry
- Gain the knowledge and skills to support your organization’s or client’s ongoing compliance efforts through your knowledge of how to apply PCI Standards.
Become A PCI DSS Expert
- 4-Month Training
- 2-Months Internship
- Gain PCI DSS Implementor Knowledge and skills
- Gain a solid foundation for a career in the payments industry
- Gain the knowledge and skills to support your organization’s or client’s ongoing compliance efforts through your knowledge of how to apply PCI Standards
- Improved understanding of PCI DSS and testing protocols
- Gain knowledge of the payment card industry relative to information security and proven industry best practices
- Gain the knowledge and skills to perform preliminary internal PCI assessments for your organization
- Gain the knowledge and skills to recommend solutions to your clients to remediate any PCI compliance issues
Course Instructor
Dr. Emmanuel Adu, QSA, PCIP, CISSP, CISA, Security+, CySA+, Pentest+, CSAP, CNSP, CNVP, AWS CP
Dr. Emmanuel Adu is a certified PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). Dr. Adu has decades of experience in information security and has served in numerous high-profile positions in the United States Army and the corporate world.
Dr. Adu is an astute information security instructor who simplifies complex cybersecurity concepts and theories with real world examples to enable his students to appreciate and understand information security.
Dr. Adu, has promised to make this PCI DSS training fun, memorable, and your biggest Return-on-investment (ROI).
Join Dr. Adu and the PCI DSS class and let's begin an exciting journey into the most lucrative sector of cybersecurity.