MasterCard Revises Level II SDP Merchant Compliance

MasterCard has changed its requirements for Level II Merchant SDP Program Compliance. SDP, or Site Data Protection is the MasterCard program for cardholder security and is similar to the VISA CISP Program. Currently Level 2 MasterCard merchants can complete a PCI DSS Self-Assessment Questionnaire and submit that to MasterCard as part of their SDP certification process. Level 2 Merchants are defined by MasterCard as merchants doing between 1M and 6M annual MasterCard transactions annually or merchants whose transaction volume makes them a Level 2 merchant for another card brand. By December 31, 2010, all Level 2 MasterCard merchants must complete an onsite assessment conducted by a PCI SSC certified Qualified Security Assessor, and thereafter submit an annual onsite assessment conducted by a PCI SSC certified Qualified Security Assessor.
These requirements are included on the MasterCard web site here: http://www.mastercard.com/us/sdp/merchants/merchant_levels.html