Your 2-minute self-check

Answer about your setup. “Don’t know” is useful, too.

1. Is the card terminal or register on the same WiFi or network your customers can use?
2. Are the card terminals plugged into the same switch or router as the office computers and printers?
3. Has the router's admin login been changed from the one it came with?
4. Do you know when the router and the terminals were last updated?
5. Does anyone connect to the register or the network from outside the shop (vendor, owner from home, remote support)?
6. Does every staff member share one login or one WiFi password?
7. Do you check the card terminals for tampering or swapped devices, and keep a list of them?
8. Do you have written policies and a short yearly staff briefing on handling card payments?
9. Do you know which Self-Assessment Questionnaire your processor requires, and who at your business signs it?
10. Has your processor charged you a "PCI non-compliance" or "non-validation" fee in the last year?

This self-check reflects your answers, not an inspection or payment attestation. Answers stay here unless you send them. Please leave out passwords, payment details and customer records.