It is an organization aimed at developing, managing, and teaching security standards in the Card Payments Industry, and raising awareness among everyone involved in this area.
The PCI Security Standards Council is also an open global forum dedicated to the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemination, and implementation of security standards related to protecting account data.
The mission of the PCI Security Standards Council is to improve payment account data security by supporting education and awareness about the PCI Security Standards.
The PCI Security Standards Council was founded in 2006 by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard, and Visa, Inc.
All five founding members decided to incorporate PCI DSS as a requirement into each of their own data security compliance programs. Each founding member also recognizes the QSAs (Qualified Security Assessor) and ASVs (Approved Scanning Vendors) approved by the PCI Security Standards Council as qualified to verify compliance with PCI DSS.
You can access detailed information via the link below:
https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/ASV_Program_Guide_v3.0.pdf
Standards issued by PCI SSC
The best-known standard is PCI DSS, which covers all organizations that store or process card data. There are also other standards such as PCI PIN, PCI PTS, PA-DSS, and 3DS.
The Council also runs programs for assessors who apply the standards and for device approvals. The organization was founded in 2006 by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and JCB.
Merchants and service providers are subject to different compliance levels based on their transaction volumes.
