PCI: What's Next and When?

From RSA 2010: Interview with Bob Russo, GM of the PCI Security Standards Council How will the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) be amended, and when? These are the key questions in payments security, and Bob Russo, GM of the PCI Security Standards Council, is prepared to start answering them. In an exclusive interview conducted at RSA Conference 2010, Russo discusses: Key questions about PCI; Potential solutions to enhance payments security; Timeline for the release of the next PCI standard. Russo brings more than 25 years of high-tech business management, operations and security experience to his role as the general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council. Russo guides the organization through its crucial charter, which is focused on improving data security standards for merchants, banks and other key stakeholders involved in the global payment card transaction process. To fulfill this role, Russo works with representatives from American Express, Discover Financial, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International to drive awareness and adoption of the PCI Data Security Standard.