Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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PCI DSS – Level 3

Level 3 applies to merchants that process 20,000 to 1 million card transactions annually. At this level of compliance, a merchant must adhere to level 3 grade controls and policies. Some of these are completing the self-assessment questionnaire, doing quarterly scans to check vulnerabilities, submitting an attestation compliance form, etc.

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