The second edition of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was released overnight and contains minor changes to take virtualisation into account and increase security levels.

Instead, PCI DSS 2.0 focuses on clarity of language for a number of key areas, including virtualization.

New version of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) to help organizations make payment security business-as-usual ...

Whether PCI DSS represents the minimal floor or the aspirational ceiling for protecting cardholder data can be answered only from your organization's perspective. Few would seriously advocate a ...

The PCI DSS 3.0 specification includes many improvements and process clarifications from the PCI DSS 2.0. With PCI DSS 3.0, there is a clear focus on making security an ongoing process, as opposed ...

PCI DSS 3.0 has more than 400 controls and subcontrols. Achieving PCI compliance and maintaining it is often seen as an arduous, expensive and time-consuming task.

[Collisions likely over PCI 3.0] Julie Conroy, an analyst at Aite Group, agreed that compliance with PCI DSS 3.0 probably would not have helped.

As PCI DSS version 4.0 has gone into effect across the payments industry, it's important to understand the changes, transitions and goals it introduces.

The PCI-SIG announced today that final version of the PCI Express Base 2.0 Specification is now out and available to members.