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PCI Security Standards Council seeks proposals for 2015 special interest groups

June 2, 2014

The PCI Security Standards Council has announced the start of the PCI special interest group proposal period for 2015 projects. Beginning today through July 7, PCI participating organizations and members of the assessment community can submit ideas by filling out the online form on the SSC website.

Special interest groups are PCI community-led initiatives that address specific areas or security challenges in relation to the PCI Standards. Results of SIG collaboration and PCI community participation to date include: EMV, wireless, virtualization, tokenization, risk assessment, e-commerce and cloud computing guidance papers. Current SIGs focus on third party security assurance and best practices for maintaining PCI DSS compliance and will publish guidance shortly.

“In addition to the formal standards development lifecycle, special interest groups provide another way for the PCI community to provide relevant updates and valuable resources to help merchants and others in their payment security efforts,” said Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council. “Securing payments today and in the future is a shared responsibility. We need those across the payment chain to get involved in these projects as a critical part of improving the protection of payment card data globally.”

At the close of the submission period the PCI Council will review and consolidate the list of proposals to be presented by participating organizations and assessors to their peers at the 2014 North America and European Community Meetings. The council will then notify the candidates and work with them to create a SIG charter prior to the Community meeting presentations. In November, participating organizations will vote in the SIG election to choose the projects they would like the community and Council to pursue in partnership over the coming year.