PCI Perspectives

  From 24 November to 9 January, eligible PCI SSC stakeholders are invited to review and provide feedback on the draft PCI Key Management Operations (KMO) v1.0 Standard during a 45-day request for comments (RFC) period.    

  The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has published a Mobile Payments on Commercial Off-The-Shelf (MPoC) Guidance Document, a new resource developed to support consistent interpretation and implementation of the MPoC Standard and Program requirements across the mobile payments ecosystem.

Welcome to the PCI Security Standards Council’s blog series, The AI Exchange: Innovators in Payment Security. This special, ongoing feature of our PCI Perspectives blog offers a resource for payment security industry stakeholders to exchange information about how they are adopting and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into their organizations.

  From 30 October to 15 December, eligible PCI SSC stakeholders are invited to review and provide feedback on the draft PCI PIN Transaction Security (PTS) Hardware Security Module (HSM) Modular Security Requirements v5.0 during a 45-day request for comments (RFC) period.

  Welcome to our podcast series, Coffee with the Council. I’m Alicia Malone, Director of Communications and Public Relations for the PCI Security Standards Council. In today’s episode, I am excited to announce that the Council will open the nomination period for the next Brazil Regional Engagement Board next month. Regional Engagement Boards serve as advisors to PCI SSC on payment data security issues in specific geographies and markets. Joining me to discuss what this all means and how you can participate is the Council’s own Guilherme Scheibe, Regional Director of Brazil and LAC. Welcome, Gui! 

The 2025 PCI SSC Asia-Pacific Community Meeting takes place in just a few weeks in Bangkok, Thailand on 5-6 November! The entire payment card industry is invited to gather together as a community for important Council updates, insights on industry trends, strategies on best practices, engaging keynotes, and industry expert speakers.

Welcome to the PCI Security Standards Council’s blog series, The AI Exchange: Innovators in Payment Security. This special, ongoing feature of our PCI Perspectives blog offers a resource for payment security industry stakeholders to exchange information about how they are adopting and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into their organizations.

  This episode of Coffee with the Council is brought to you by our podcast sponsors, Feroot and Jscrambler. Ryoji Ihara: Hello, everyone! Welcome to this very special edition of the Coffee with the Council podcast. This podcast will be in Japanese only. For non-Japanese-speaking audience, this podcast will be transcribed and translated to English on the PCI SSC webpage. Now, let me switch over to Japanese. 

  WestJet has always worked to maintain PCI compliance across a complex environment that spans over 20 payment channels and 40 different internal teams. As part of its PCI DSS v4.0 readiness program, the company launched group ISA Training to operationalize the way it manages and operates its PCI environment.

The countdown is on for this year’s Europe Community Meeting! We’re thrilled to share an early look at some of the exceptional sessions coming your way in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 14–16 October. Get ready for insights, innovation, and inspiration! This year promises expertly crafted sessions that are imperative to securing payments worldwide. Register now and secure your place at a PCI SSC Europe Community Meeting!