Tag: PCI SSC

Differences between a PCI SSC standard and a validation program

Compliance with the controls of the PCI SSC standards is governed by two elements that work together: the standard as such and its related validation program. Here we explain their differences. When an entity requires...

/ November 27, 2024

Brief review of the PCI SSC Europe Community Meeting 2024 in Barcelona

This October 2024 the PCI SSC Europe Community Meeting was held in the beautiful city of Barcelona (Spain). In this article we tell you the main topics covered, the changes that are coming in terms of standards of...

/ October 14, 2024

What is PCI DSS?

This new series of articles from PCI Hispano will present an overview of each of the standards currently published by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Board.

/ August 18, 2024

Visa reports that its PIN security programme ended on 1 October 2023

In a decision that has taken the entire payment media ecosystem by surprise, Visa announced that its Visa PIN Security Program ended on October 1, 2023. In a brief statement...

/ October 30, 2023

China UnionPay is now part of PCI SSC

From October 2022, the China UnionPay (UP) logo will be present in the PCI SSC standards compliance reports, along with the logos of the five founding entities. China UnionPay (or simply "UnionPay" or...

/ November 2, 2022