I have written a lot about compliance in that past three months, but most of the guidance has been generic. Now I want to talk about database security specifically in relation to the Payment Card ...

On March 31, 2022, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council published version 4.0 of its PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The updated standards provide significant new guidance on the ...

What is PCI DSS and to whom does it apply? Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a comprehensive set of security requirements that apply to the processing of credit and debit cards ...

Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance follows certain requirements launched in 2006 that are designed to ensure the safety and security of credit card data. Credit card processors mandate all ...

InformationWeek has been one of the many tough critics of the PCI Data Security Standard. Andrew Conry-Murray has blogged that PCI's main goal is to cover the butts of the credit card brands. Here's ...

PCI Pal® (LON: PCIP), the global provider of secure payment solutions, today announced the release of PCI Pal Analytics, a major upgrade to its reporting and analytics capabilities. The new solution ...

A new version of the PCI Data Security Standard scheduled for release later this year is likely to attract more attention for what it leaves unaddressed rather than what it changes, analysts say. That ...

Recent breaches of payment systems at Target, Neiman-Marcus, and Michaels show that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the payment card data security standard we’re all reliant on, PCI DSS.

New security technology may surface in the future as part of the mobile commerce age, but the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council intends to be in the security business for the long haul.

More than just another data-security standard, the PCI program is corporate America's most ambitious effort yet to prove that it can self-regulate. But even a standard with everything going for it ...