The PCI Data Security Essentials Resources for Small Merchants provides security basics to protect against payment data theft and to help small merchants simplify their security and reduce their risk. The Data Security Essentials Evaluation Tool provides an alternative for eligible small merchants to learn more about their security posture and perform a preliminary evaluation to understand how they are meeting these security basics for safe payments.
Each merchant’s acquirer (merchant bank), in coordination with the applicable payment brands, determines which merchants are eligible to use Data Security Evaluation forms. We encourage small merchants to review Data Security Essentials Resources for Small Merchants, talk to your acquirers for instructions on how to complete and submit a Data Security Essentials evaluation, and start your path to better security and simpler validation today.
