The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published its new global guidelines for securing card data. In November, version 3.0 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) became available for merchants - who had until January 1 before most of the standards became required. The new rules entail 10 new PCI DSS requirements, including guidelines for assessing evolving malware threats affecting payment systems and for requiring service providers with remote access to card data to have unique authentication credentials.
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