PCI SAQ – What is it and to whom it applies?

Can anyone tell me about - PCI SAQ – What is it and to whom it applies?

Hello Fiona,

So, as far as the PCI Council is concerned, they have tried to be very fair in this. As per the PCI Council if you are a large scale merchant or a service provider then there are several requirements you need to fulfil and which may include following a particular process. If you are a small scale merchant, then depending on the process, you might need to follow a different version or a rather lower version of PCI DSS which also called an SAQ.

Now, why do we call it a lower version? Well, this is something that many people are not aware of. An SAQ – Self-Assessment Questionnaire contains a subset of the entire PCI DSS requirements. So, it is not a separate set of questions in an SAQ, it is just a separate number of questions.

You can go through this link to know more : www.vistainfosec.com/blog/pci-saq-what-i...-to-whom-it-applies/