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PCI Scope Reduction Basics

Shrink PCI footprint

PCI scope reduction focuses on outsourcing payments, tokenizing PANs, isolating cardholder data environments, segmenting networks, and minimizing systems that touch card data to lower compliance burden.

Outsource/Tokenize

Use hosted fields/tokens to avoid storing PANs.

Segment

Isolate card data environments and limit system count.

Validate

Document flows; ensure only scoped systems handle CHD.

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