How Effective Retailers Balance Customer Engagement & PCI

For CIOs of retail organizations, compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards is a top concern, as the costs of noncompliance—both from the penalties assessed and potential breaches that can result—are unacceptable. Organizations now face even broader requirements when the PCI Software Security Framework (PCI SSF) replaces the 15-year-old PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) over the next three years. The new standard addresses new technologies that have come online, but still adheres to the same security principles that form the basis for PCI DSS.