PCI council gives up, dumbs down PCI DSS for small business

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/22/pci_council_drafts_small_biz_security_militia/

By Darren Pauli
The Register
22 May 2015

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has created a 
taskforce charged with improving security among small businesses.

The prodigious task will be tackled by encouraging small businesses to 
adopt security best practice and simplified Payment Card Industry Data 
Security Standards (PCI DSS).

Barclaycard payment security manager and taskforce chair Phil Jones says 
the Small Merchant Taskforce will focus on the most vulnerable business 
vertical.

"Though incidents of fraud are low, it's small merchants that are 
particularly vulnerable to attack from hackers," Jones says.

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