Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP) preparation course and practice exam

  • Author: Dennis Steenbergen
  • Level: Beginner
  • Self-Study time: 8 hours
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If you have experience with any of the below areas or are interested in learning more, consider pursuing the PCIP Credential.

  •     Security/Technology
  •     Governance, Risk and Compliance
  •     Audit/Finance
  •     e-Commerce
  •     Product Development, Marketing or Sales (develop or sell payments-oriented products)


  •   Understand the relationship between all entities involved in the PCI DSS compliance process.

  •   Gain a deep knowledge of the 12 PCI DSS requirements and how they are designed to protect cardholder data.

  •   Be able to apply the PCI DSS requirements to real-world scenarios

  •   Be a point of knowledge on PCI DSS at your organization

Course overview
The Payment Card Industry Professional is an individual, entry-level certification in payment security information and provides you with the tools to help your organization build a secure payment environment. Becoming a PCIP demonstrates a level of understanding that can provide a strong foundation for a career in the payments security industry.

This is a one-day, self-paced online eLearning course that provides you with the tools to understand the secure payments environment and achieve PCI compliance through knowledge of the PCI Standards and their inter-relatedness.

The official qualification exam is administered at a PearsonVUE test center through the PCI DSS Security Council's official training ($2,750 for non-participating organizations).  This course helps prepare you for their exam, so you are not wasting your or your company's money.
  • Video time: 1.5 hours
  • Exams: x1 (75 Questions)
  • Quiz: x1 (20 Questions)
  • (optional) CV/resume review
  • (optional) one-on-one 30 minute meetup with the instructor for Q&A
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Group Training Options

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Learn directly from an instructor with hands-on experience in the field of payment security assessments. All courses are available in group training format and delivered as part of our eLearning platform. Your organization will receive all the benefits of an instructor-led training class, at a time and place most convenient for you and your staff.

Secure your brand that is you

 PCI Live is committed to providing you and your staff (or clients) a way to continue your professional development.  In as little as one or two days your organization can be on the road to better data security!

Dennis Steenbergen

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ABOUT Dennis
Dennis Steenbergen is an Experienced Security Professional with a demonstrated 25 year history of working in the information technology and security services industry.  He worked as a QSA for over 5 of those years performing over 50 PCI DSS assessments and gap analysis reports. He loves teaching PCI DSS courses online and in person. A former Data Systems and Communications Officer with the United States Marines and MA focused in Computer Resources and Information Management.
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