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title: Applications Now Open for Qualified PIN Assessor Program
description: Applications are now open for the new PCI SSC Qualified PIN Assessor Program.
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# [Applications Now Open for Qualified PIN Assessor Program](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/applications-now-open-for-qualified-pin-assessor-program)

 Posted by [Lindsay Goodspeed](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/author/lindsay-goodspeed) on 20 Feb, 2019 in [Training](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/training) and [ATM Security](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/atm-security) and [QSA](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/qsa) and [PIN Security Standard](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/pin-security-standard) and [Assessors](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/assessors) and [QPA](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/qpa)

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PCI SSC is now accepting applications for the **[Qualified PIN Assessor (QPA) Program](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/program_training_and_qualification/qpa_qualification).**    
The QPA Program will enable security professionals to perform assessments using the PCI PIN Security Requirements and Testing Procedures (PCI PIN Security Standard). QPAs will be specifically trained in security controls that need to be validated as being in place to protect the transmission and processing of personal identification numbers (PINs). 

You can review the program one pager below and read the **[blog Q&A](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/coming-soon-qualified-pin-assessor-program)** with Gill Woodcock, Senior Director of Certification Programs for more information about this program.

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