The board of advisors will represent the current roster of nearly 200 PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) participating organizations and provide critical feedback to the ongoing enhancement of security standards managed by the council.
More than 100 organizations from across the payment industry were nominated for their direct experience and leadership in the field. To ensure the desired breadth of industry focus, the elected seats were distributed within categories such as financial institutions, merchants, and processors.
PCI SSC has revealed the 14 organizations that have been elected by their peers to serve on the board. Among these include Apacs, Bank of America and First Data Corporation.
We are excited about the overwhelming number of nominations and the response of the organizations elected to the PCI SSC board of advisors, said Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI SSC. I applaud all of those involved in this election for openly demonstrating their commitment to securing payment data. Our board of advisors brings an exceptional amount of industry leadership and real-world experience to our ongoing discussions. We are pleased to unite these organizations in our mission to protect payment data and shape the next generation of PCI security standards.
To ensure geographic and functional diversity, an additional seven seats will be appointed from the participating organization roster by the PCI SSC executive council to fill any gaps in representation and to help augment any under-represented stakeholder sector or geographic market.
