WAKEFIELD, Mass., October 14, 2011 — 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 updates to its PIN Transaction Security (PTS) program that enable adoption of point-to-point encryption (P2PE) technology to support PCI DSS compliance. Version 3.1 is a result of the standard PTS development lifecycle allowing for a minor update release within 12-18 months after a major version is published, and is effective immediately, superseding version 3.0.
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