PCI-DSS compliance has grown significantly overall since 2013, when Verizon reported that only 11.1 percent of organizations were able to demonstrate compliance sustainability. Control Gap ...

What is PCI DSS compliance? Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance ensures companies adhere to a set of 12 requirements developed by the PCI Security Standards Council ...

Compliance with PCI DSS 4.0 may take significant effort – concerted, focused, and prompt action is necessary, given that the April 1, 2025, deadline has passed.

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) will start enforcing requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1 under the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) beginning March 31, 2025. These changes will impact ...

If information is stored, business should do so in compliance with PCI rule 3.1 that “stored data can only be used for legal, regulatory, or business needs.” Understanding the latest requirements of ...

Fact 1: PCI DSS Changes Regularly Companies that want to comply must keep up with these changes or face potential fines for non-compliance and damage to their reputation.

The 2022 PSR found that overall PCI DSS compliance improved significantly in 2020, with 43.4% of organizations maintaining full compliance, a 15.5% improvement over the record low of 27.9% in 2019.

It revealed that on average only 27.9% of global organizations maintained full compliance with the PCI DSS, a drop of over 27% since compliance peaked in 2016. The report highlighted other concerns: ...

A processor, business or vendor is not liable for a data breach if it was certified as compliant with the PCI DSS at the time of the breach (WASH. REV. CODE § 19.255.020).

The lesson, aside from underlining the importance of data security and PCI compliance, is that third-party vendors (i.e., agencies) are just as vulnerable to data breaches as the brands themselves.

PCI compliance is Zen-like. It's hard to determine, and even when a letter declares a company PCI-compliant, that declaration can always be retroactively reversed later — such as if you're breached.