Managing the PCI Compliance of 3rd Party Vendors

Third-party compliance issues can be a nightmare if you don’t do your due diligence (say that five times fast!). The truth is that there is still a lot of confusion when it comes to what third-party service providers are specifically required to be compliant with, but ensuring that compliance is your responsibility if you’re going to deal with them.
To keep your own business safe from costly compliance violations, you must check out and validate the third party service providers (TPSPs) you do business with.