Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Handbook

If you don't work with a company that actually performs this type of work, this book is the next best thing to understanding the approach to protecting credit card information.

The book takes the reader through the background and approach of the PCI DSS standards. After providing a pretty general overview on data security for those needing a refresher or introduction on the topic for the first 40 pages or so, the next section of the book takes the reader through the PCI DSS Control Objectives and Associated Standards in detail, providing both the verbatim language, as well as tips, explanation and commentary on the standards to ease implementation. Following this extremely useful breakdown, the author concludes with some best practices and a comprehensice PCI DSS glossary. A great resource for the organization looking to implement PCI DSS.