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PCI - Data Security Standard

15,19,22

  • Become an expert in cardholder protection and build robust payment systems
  • Understand the workings of the Payment Card industry
  • Get the knowledge to manage and secure payment processes in your organization
  • Understand the protocols involved in storing, processing, and transmitting cardholder data

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Course Overview

PCI - Data Security Standard Course Overview

The massive growth of the ecommerce industry has led to numerous threats, most importantly credit card fraud and data breaches. One way to ensure security is by adopting the Payment Card Industry Security Standards (PCI-DSS). Our course will teach you how to successfully implement these standards to identify and minimize card breach and reduce data loss.

The PCI-DSS is a proprietary information security standard that lays down standard rules for all organizations that handle branded credit, debit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) helps them maintain privacy, integrity, and authenticity and secure customer trust. You will learn to build robust, impenetrable systems that meet PCI security standards and ensure business longevity.

There are no prerequisites to attend this workshop. On successful completion of this PCI-DSS training course, you will receive a Course Completion Certificate from SkillCertified with Credits (1 credit per hour of training).

PCI - Data Security Standard Course Key Features

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  • Official courseware + exam voucher included
  • Live online + classroom format options
  • Hands-on labs and real-world case studies
  • Simulation tests at the end of training
  • Up-to-date curriculum aligned to the latest exam version
  • Includes 5 mock exams, 150 questions each
  • 24×7 learner assistance and support
  • 30-day re-attendance guarantee

Skills Covered

  • Risk management & governance
  • Identity and access management
  • Security architecture & engineering
  • Communication and network security
  • Asset security
  • Security assessment & testing
  • Security operations
  • Software development security

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Benefits

Why this certification pays off

Certified professionals in this domain are in active demand across IT services, banking, and government. Click a designation to see the salary range and the companies hiring most actively for that role.

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  • Accenture
  • Deloitte
  • TCS

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Training Options

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Three ways to take this course — all include official courseware, hands-on labs, and full certification support.

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    • Flexi Pass: reschedule within 90 days
    • Live online classes recorded for later review
    • Includes self-paced e-learning content
    • 24×7 learner assistance and support
    • Aligned to the latest exam version

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    Full-day immersive training at our hubs.

    • Eight hours daily, in-person delivery
    • Available in Dubai, Delhi, Mumbai, London, Singapore
    • Printed manuals + exam vouchers included
    • Lunch, refreshments, hotel pickup at partner hubs
    • Exam can be booked onsite at partner test centres

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    • Custom curriculum tailored to your tech stack
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    • Dashboards for L&D leaders + per-team reporting
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Curriculum

Course Curriculum

Eligibility, prerequisites, and a module-by-module breakdown of what you'll cover.

Eligibility

Designed for working professionals with foundational experience in the discipline. A post-secondary degree in computer science, IT, business, or related fields may substitute for up to one year of experience. Part-time work, internships, or relevant certifications can also count toward the requirement.

Pre-requisites

There are no prerequisites to attend this course

Course modules

Click any module to expand the key topics covered.

Module 01 — Security and Risk Management

Foundations of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, plus risk frameworks that anchor every other domain.

Key topics

  • CIA triad + security governance principles
  • Compliance, legal & regulatory issues
  • Professional ethics and codes of conduct
  • Risk management concepts + threat modelling
  • Security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines
Module 02 — Asset Security

Classifying information assets and applying the right controls across the data lifecycle.

Key topics

  • Information & asset classification
  • Data owners, processors, and custodians
  • Data lifecycle: collection, storage, disposal
  • Asset retention requirements and data minimisation
  • Data security controls + standards selection
Module 03 — Security Architecture and Engineering

Designing secure systems — from cryptographic primitives to secure architecture patterns.

Key topics

  • Engineering processes using secure design principles
  • Security models (Bell–LaPadula, Biba, Clark–Wilson)
  • Cryptography: symmetric, asymmetric, hashing, PKI
  • Vulnerabilities in web, mobile, cloud, IoT, ICS
  • Physical security and site design
Module 04 — Communication and Network Security

Network protocols, secure communications, and the topology decisions that determine your perimeter.

Key topics

  • OSI / TCP-IP models and secure network components
  • Secure communication channels (VPN, TLS, SD-WAN)
  • Network attacks + mitigations
  • Wireless, cellular, and satellite security
  • Firewalls, IDS/IPS, NAC, and zero-trust networking
Module 05 — Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Who can do what, when, and how — the access control core every breach investigation comes back to.

Key topics

  • Identification, authentication, authorisation, accountability
  • Identity-as-a-service and federated identity (SAML / OIDC)
  • Access control models (DAC / MAC / RBAC / ABAC)
  • Privileged access management (PAM)
  • Identity lifecycle and provisioning
Module 06 — Security Assessment and Testing

Designing, performing, and analysing the assessments that prove your controls actually work.

Key topics

  • Assessment, test, and audit strategies
  • Vulnerability assessments + penetration testing
  • Log management and SIEM correlation
  • Code review and security control validation
  • Security metrics + management reporting
Module 07 — Security Operations

Day-to-day operational security — detection, response, recovery, and the disciplined rituals around them.

Key topics

  • Investigations and incident response lifecycle
  • Logging, monitoring, and threat intelligence
  • Vulnerability and patch management
  • Disaster recovery + business continuity planning
  • Physical security, personnel safety, and fire safety
Module 08 — Software Development Security

Embedding security across the SDLC — from requirements to release and into post-deployment monitoring.

Key topics

  • Security in the SDLC (Waterfall, Agile, DevSecOps)
  • Secure coding standards + common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)
  • Application security testing (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA)
  • Software supply chain security
  • Maturity models (BSIMM, SAMM) and assurance

Exam & Certification

How the official exam works

After course completion, your training advisor helps you schedule the official certification exam — booking the test centre, sending practice mock exams, and supplying the exam voucher at partner pricing where applicable. Pass on first attempt and you'll receive both the official vendor certificate and your SkillCertified completion certificate.

  • Exam duration

    3–6 hours

  • Questions

    100–150

  • Passing score

    70%+

  • Validity

    3 years

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