Press Release

PCI Security Standards Council Invites Payments Community to Input on PIN Transaction Security

WAKEFIELD, Mass., February 07, 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 announced the launch of a 30-day period to solicit feedback from PCI Participating Organizations on the next version of the PCI Hardware Security Module (HSM) security requirements. PCI stakeholders have until Friday March 09, 2012, to provide their input on these requirements designed to secure cardholder data in all point-of-sale environments.