The website, www.vietnamairlines.com, and mobile app of Vietnam Airlines have been granted the international security certification of PCI DSS Compliance Level 2.
Vietnam Airlines is currently the first and only carrier of Vietnam to be granted the certification of PCI DSS Compliance Level 2. (Photo: VietnamPlus)
Hanoi (VNA) –The website, , and mobile app of VietnamAirlines have been granted the international security certification of PCIDSS Compliance Level 2.
The certification meansinformation of clients using credit cards for transactions on online channelsof the national flag carrier is protected from scams or security breaches.
Vietnam Airlines iscurrently the first and only carrier of Vietnam to be granted the certificationof PCI DSS Compliance Level 2, which is for merchants that process1 - 6 million credit card transactions annually.
PCI DSS, the abbreviationfor Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, is an international securitystandard developed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a non-profitorganisation set up by credit card companies such as Visa, MasterCard, AmericanExpress, Discover and JCB.
The main target of PCI DSSis to ensure appropriate security protection measures are taken to protect clients’information and property during credit or debit card payments.
To meet PCI DSS Compliance Level 2, VietnamAirlines has to satisfy 12 groups of strict standards for its entire infrastructuresystem.
PCI DSS has four compliance levels based onthe number of annual card transactions a merchant processes: Level 1 – over 6 million card transactions annually (usually for banks),Level 2 – 1 to 6 million transactions annually, Level 3 – 20,000 to 1 milliontransactions annually, and Level 4 – fewer than 20,000 transactions annually.
Earlier, Vietnam Airlines had achieved the PCIDSS certification for merchants with less than 1 million card transactions eachyear./.
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Vietnam Airlines is currently the first and only carrier of Vietnam to be granted the certification of PCI DSS Compliance Level 2. (Photo: VietnamPlus) 
