In this article “How to make your Plesk Server PCI Compliant“, I make a list of a few useful steps in the process of passing a PCI compliance scan – especially if you are running Plesk or a similar platform which supposedly “does it all for you” .. even though it doesn’t “quite” do that.
PCI is the Payment Cards Industry and it governs the Security Standards required by all businesses who accept payments by credit card whether it is online in a virtual store, or even through an electronic payment system in a physical store.
For merchants, the PCI Council website has a number of helpful pointers and fact sheets which are very much worth a read.