PCI Council Offers Clarity on Cloud, Mobile Issues

Two new documents released by the council offer guidance on merchant responsibility for cardholder data stored in the cloud, as well as data processed through mobile point-of-sale devices

By Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
The PCI Council recently provided merchants with more detailed guidance on two topics most commonly confusing merchants in their pursuit to protect cardholder data and comply with PCI Data Security Standards: cloud storage and mobile payments. Led by merchants, banks, and payment processors participating in the council’s community-driven special interest groups, the effort to clear up some of the confusion came to fruition with the publication of two separate documents this month. [Read More]