SRC-Expertin Ehlers: Standards of the Payment Card Industry (PCI)

SRC-Expert Ehlers: Standards of the Payment Card Industry (PCI)

“PCI compliance requires know-how and resources.” SRC expert Jana Ehlers explains the different PCI security standards in an article which has just been published on the profes­sional platform “All About Security”.

In view of the increasing number of card payments in pandemic times, the protection of payment card data is a very current topic.

All PCI standards aim at protecting payment card data of inter­na­tional payment systems. The most well-known standard alone, PCI DSS, has around 250 individual require­ments. If these are already taken into account when setting up networks and struc­tures, there is often no need for complex and expensive retrofits. But also the permanent mainte­nance of PCI DSS conformity poses challenges for companies.

SRC examines and advises on PCI standards since their emergence in 2006. This experience can be used to correctly under­stand and consider the inten­tions of the PCI standards. SRC accom­panies through the whole process. Thus, not only PCI-conformity can be achieved in an under­standable way, but also a great deal more security for the customers’ payment card data worthy of protection.