A line in the sand

Róisín Kiberd explains how staying compliant is no easy task, but it is a vital one for Irish businesses

Michael Conway, managing director, Renaissance

Created by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, and aligned with initiatives from leading financial service providers including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and Japan’s JCB, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was first published in December 2004 with the goal of protecting card issuers by holding merchants to a straightforward, yet exacting, set of guidelines.

Jump forward by over a decade, and the world of payment technology has ...