Lance Johnson, executive director of PCI SSC, said: “The industry has had unprecedented visibility into, and impact on, the development of PCI DSS v4.0. Our stakeholders provided substantial, ...

What is PCI DSS compliance? Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance ensures companies adhere to a set of 12 requirements developed by the PCI Security Standards Council.

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) will start enforcing requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1 under the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) beginning March 31, 2025. These changes will impact ...

According to Forbes, experts say this new version, which is the “most impactful transformation of the standard since version 2.0 over a decade ago, introduces several changes, transitions and ...

PCI DSS 4.0 often requires a team approach involving several departments to address different aspects, including legal, compliance, procurement, vendor management, and IT or IT security.

Learn more about PCI DSS 4.0 and its impact on organizations in 2025 in this Q&A. As of April 1, 2025, all merchants and third-party service providers (TPSPs) involved in processing credit or ...

PCI DSS 3.1 and Your Business If you own a business that accepts credit cards, becoming compliant with PCI DSS 3.1 is going to cost you up front. However, the cost of not becoming compliant will ...

At the end of this year, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is expected to get an upgrade to version 4.0. It has been around since 2001 and isn’t getting as much ...

The 2022 PSR found that overall PCI DSS compliance improved significantly in 2020, with 43.4% of organizations maintaining full compliance, a 15.5% improvement over the record low of 27.9% in 2019.

Virtualised systems are now included within the scope of PCI DSS system components, specifically in requirement 2.2.1, which details how compliance functions relate to some virtual environments.

It revealed that on average only 27.9% of global organizations maintained full compliance with the PCI DSS, a drop of over 27% since compliance peaked in 2016. The report highlighted other concerns: ...