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PCI SSC alive with

collaboration, innovation

learning and other advanced technologies can help pay-
ments industry stakeholders address increasingly complex
data environments," he stated.

Gary Glover, vice president of assessments at Security-
Metrics, said he and others on security's front lines were
warmly received at recent North American and European
community meetings. The PCI SSC is engaging earlier
and more frequently with stakeholders, which is helping
to make them feel more trusted as a community, Glover
added. For example, Payment Application Qualified Secu-
rity Assessors were shown a draft of the Strategic Software
Framework and asked to comment. And two comment and
draft review sessions are planned before the council pub-
lishes the PCI DSS 4.0 in late 2020 or early 2021.

This article shares further perspectives on these develop-
ments and other PCI SSC initiatives devised to increase in-
teraction, member engagement and innovation.
By Dale S. Laszig
PCI SSC Strategic Framework
ecurity leaders found collaborative energy and
focus at the PCI Security Standards Council's The Strategic Framework is designed to guide activities
2019 annual community meetings in North and fulfill the council's mission to "enhance global pay-
S America and Europe. In his European keynote, ment account data security by developing standards and
Lance Johnson, PCI SSC executive director, emphasized supporting services that drive education, awareness and
unity and said that in a rapidly changing environment, effective implementation by stakeholders." The mission is
"stakeholders can be certain that industry participation, further defined by the strategic framework's four pillars,
evolution, alignment and consistency will be constants in
the council's efforts to provide standards and resources for
securing payment data."
Contributed articles inside by:
Troy Leach, PCI SSC chief technology officer, agreed pay-
ment security is a unifying force, even for competitive Dee and Emily Karawadra .................................................................32
council founders American Express, Discover, JCB, Mas- Nicky Koopman .....................................................................................36
tercard and Visa. In a September 2019 interview with The Nicholas P. Cucci....................................................................................38
Green Sheet, Leach said information sharing and technical
competencies will continue to play a role in helping orga- Hawkins Siemon ...................................................................................40
nizations maintain compliance, protect data and defeat
fraud. "Point-to-point encryption, tokenization, machine TOC on page 3

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