PCI - Levels - Knowledgebase - Living Proof Creative

Category	Criteria	Requirements	Compliance date
Level 1	Any merchant that has suffered a hack or an attack that resulted in an account data compromise Any merchant having more than six million total combined Mastercard and Maestro transactions annually Any merchant meeting the Level 1 criteria of Visa Any merchant that Mastercard, in its sole discretion, determines should meet the Level 1 merchant requirements to minimize risk to the system	Annual Onsite Assessment1 Quarterly Network Scan conducted by an ASV2	30 June 20123
Level 2	Any merchant with more than one million but less than or equal to six million total combined Mastercard and Maestro transactions annually Any merchant meeting the Level 2 criteria of Visa	Annual Self-Assessment4 Onsite Assessment at Merchant Discretion4 Quarterly Network Scan conducted by an ASV2	30 June 20124
Level 3	Any merchant with more than 20,000 combined Mastercard and Maestro e-commerce transactions annually but less than or equal to one million total combined Mastercard and Maestro e-commerce transactions annually Any merchant meeting the Level 3 criteria of Visa	Annual Self-Assessment Quarterly Network Scan conducted by an ASV2	30 June 2005
Level 4	All other merchants5	Annual Self-Assessment Quarterly Network Scan conducted by an ASV2	Consult Acquirer

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