PCI: Small Merchants Need to Catch Up

New Survey Finds Small Merchants Don't Invest in PCI Compliance

By Tracy Kitten

Why has industry-wide compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard proved so challenging? PCI-DSS is not new -- the standard is six years old. And changes to the standard, though somewhat significant during the early days, have not, as of late, been so dramatic.

The PCI Security Standards Council has been very vocal about its decision this year to keep standards relatively stagnant. The council says the PCI-DSS is mature and inclusive. And it wants to give the payments community a chance to catch up on compliance.

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