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FAQ 1142 Updated

How do I contact the payment card brands?

Contact details for the payment brands are provided below:

American Express

  • Website: www.americanexpress.com/datasecurity
  • Email: AmericanExpressCompliance@trustwave.com

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FAQ 1142 Updated

How do I contact the payment card brands?

Contact details for the payment brands are provided below:

American Express

  • Website: www.americanexpress.com/datasecurity
  • Email: AmericanExpressCompliance@trustwave.com

Discover - Website: http://www.discovernetwork.com/merchants/data-security/index.html -

FAQ 1146 Updated

What is the difference between masking and truncation?

Masking is addressed in PCI DSS Requirement 3.3, whereas truncation is one of several options specified to meet PCI DSS Requirement 3.4.

Masking is a method of concealing a …

FAQ 1221 Updated

Do shared hosting providers need to comply with PCI DSS?

PCI DSS requirement 2.6 and Appendix A: ?Additional PCI DSS Requirements for Shared Hosting Providers? is applicable to all shared hosting providers whose customers store, process, or transmit cardholder data. …

FAQ 1034 Updated

What are system-level objects, as used in PCI DSS Requirement 10?

A system-level object is anything on a computer system required for its operation, including, but not limited to, database tables, stored procedures, application executables and configuration files, system configuration files, …