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Getting PCI DSS Skills On Your Profile Using AWS Cloud

Use the cloud to your advantage and get hands-on with PCI DSS.

Taimur Ijlal
5 min readOct 30, 2023

The PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is one of the hottest niches within Cybersecurity

If any company stores, processes, or transmits card data in any form, then you can be sure they need to enforce PCI DSS in one form or another

The demand for PCI DSS skills has increased even more with the new version of the standard being released

However, one major hurdle that comes up quite often is how to get those PCI DSS skills on your profile.

Most of the time, you need to either get that experience during your job or work in a company that the PCI Standards Council recognizes (called a QSA)

If you are not working in either, then it can be difficult to get that all-important experience you need to land a PCI-DSS-related job

However, one quick fix is to set up a “home lab” environment and play around with PCI DSS-related…

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Taimur Ijlal
Taimur Ijlal

Written by Taimur Ijlal

🔒 Cybersecurity Career Coach & Mentor | 🚀 Helping Professionals Land High-Paying Cybersecurity Jobs | Free Ebook -> https://cloudsecguy.gumroad.com/l/passive

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