The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)—which was developed by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) created by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB—is an extensive set of technical and operational standards that a company needs to follow to ensure that all companies that process, store, or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment.
There are many stringent requirements, including but not limited to:
PCI DSS has six major objectives, 12 key requirements, 78 base requirements, and over 400 test procedures. Click here for more information.
When a business is PCI-compliant, it means that that the business reviews and follows the guidelines set forth by the credit card companies to help ensure your credit card information is protected and your personal information is secure.
The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), located in Richardson, Texas, was founded in 1961 as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest. It joined the University of Texas System and adopted its current name in 1969. It was envisioned as the “MIT of the South” to provide quality engineering and physical science education in the region, and it originally admitted only graduate students. The first bachelor’s degrees were awarded in 1976. Today, it offers more than 140 academic degrees across its eight schools: the School of Arts & Humanities; the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication; the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences; the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science; the School of Interdisciplinary Studies; the Naveen Jindal School of Management; and the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
It enrolls about 30,000 students and counting each year. The school colors are flame orange and evergreen, and its athletic nickname is the comets.
UTD has been noted for its explosive growth in research output. Just 47 years after its founding, it was classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as a “Highest Research Activity Institution.” The William B. Hanson Center for Space Studies focuses on space plasma physics. It conducts a NASA-sponsored mission to research equatorial plasma bubbles that can interrupt radio signals. Other research institutes focus on cybersecurity, nanotechnology, nanoelectronics, brain health, communication disorders, and bioengineering.
As far as student life, UTD boasts an internationally ranked chess team; a nationally ranked debate team; a nationally ranked eSports team; and three pre-law competition teams in moot court, mock trial, and mediation. Noteworthy campus traditions include homecoming, the annual Oozeball Tournament, Splatterdance, Springapalooza, and the tradition of rubbing the head of a statue of Cecil Green (one of the university’s founders) for good luck on the way to an exam.
Notable University of Texas at Dallas faculty, alumni, and attendees include Antarctic explorer Robert H. Rutford; NASA astronaut James F. Reilly II; Nobel Laureate in Chemistry James R. Von Ehr II; writer and folklorist Alan Govenar; filmmaker Mike Judge; news anchor John McCaa; and India Parliament representative Naveen Jindal.
This school does not allow to purchase outside insurance or no insurance plans available that meet the school requirements.
This school does not allow to purchase outside insurance or no insurance plans available that meet the school requirements.