Press Release

PCI Security Standards Council Announces Pending Close to Feedback Period

WAKEFIELD, Mass., March 28, 2012 — The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global, open industry standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), PIN Transaction Security (PTS) requirements and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), today called upon its global constituents to submit feedback for development of the next version of the DSS and PA-DSS. As part of the three-year lifecycle for standards development, the official feedback period, which opened in November 2011, will be closing on April 15, 2012.