Why to integrate PCI DSS and HIPAA?
“Compliance” is a big word for IT industry which is driving a significant amount of business. While following different rules, regulations and standards, you are not just avoiding potential fines and penalties but you are also gaining huge customer trust by ensuring their data is safe and secure in your custody. PCI DSS and HIPAA are some of the largely applicable and followed standards from the plethora of information security standards. Comparatively, HIPAA is vague a standard than PCI which is somewhat more straight forward. But their focus is on completely two different kinds of data. For PCI, the “crown jewel” of data is the payment card information while for HIPAA it’s the individual’s health information wherein privacy is the main concern. Both PCI DSS and HIPAA lays down penalty conditions in case of breach of data but it should be noted that HIPAA is a U.S government regulation while PCI is dictated by the Security Standards Council formed by five major payme...