PCI Certified
Processing, transmission, or storage of card data must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).
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PCI Level 1 Certified
Billwerk+ is certified as a PCI Level 1 Service Provider. This is the most stringent level of certification available in the payments industry.
Shared Responsibility
PCI compliance for your business is a shared responsibility between Billwerk+ Payments and you. Anybody accepting payments must do so in a PCI compliant manner.
The Billwerk+ Payments Token and Billwerk+ Payments Checkout solutions use an Iframe solution where the entering of sensitive data is done on a Billwerk+ Payments hosted page so your system never touches the information.
This is the simplest solution for your business to be PCI compliant and only requires the simplest self-assessment called SAQ-A.
Notice that your page needs to be behind HTTPS.
Best Practices
When developing payment or sign-up pages always remember the following best practices in regards to PCI compliance :
Host web pages where credit card information is entered via TLS (HTTPS).
Never log sensitive card data (card number or CVV/CVC).
Never store sensitive card data (card number or CVV/CVC). You may store the first six and the last four digits of the credit card number.
Secure your website according to the OWASP Top Ten.