PCI Compliance: Does it Help or Hinder the Fight Against Fraud?

Interview with David Taylor, Founder of PCI Knowledge Base The Heartland Payment Systems and Network Solutions data breaches have thrust the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) into the spotlight, raising the question: Does PCI compliance help in the fight against fraud? David Taylor, founder of PCI Knowledge Base, recently administered new research on PCI compliance, and in an exclusive interview he discusses: Goods news - and not-so-good-news - about PCI compliance; Unique PCI challenges for merchants and banking institutions alike; What needs to be done to raise awareness around PCI compliance. Taylor founded the PCI Knowledge Base and before that the PCI Alliance. He has worked with many leading edge companies as an analyst for Gartner for 14 years. The PCI Knowledge Base is a Research Community which shares information and knowledge to help merchants, banks and other organizations achieve PCI compliance.