The 12 PCI DSS requirements all come with their own pitfalls and questions, often leaving security professionals frustrated with the regulation's strict guidelines, and eager to seek out advice and a little help for achieving compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

Thankfully, this mini-guide offers a variety of tips and information on how organizations can use several frameworks, technologies and standards, such as tokenization, ISO 27002, Secure Hashing Algorithm and other existing controls to help manage PCI DSS efforts and ease the compliance burden.