Run for 2017-2019 Board of Advisors
The Board of Advisors represents the Council’s Participating Organizations worldwide to ensure global industry involvement in the development of PCI Security Standards. As strategic partners, they bring market, geographical and technical insight to PCI Council plans and projects. Click here to view the current board.

Please consider nominating your company for a seat on the 2017-2019 PCI Security Standards Council Board of Advisors. The nomination period will run from 23 January to 27 February. All Participating Organizations in good standing are eligible to nominate themselves via the Participating Organization portal, including organizations that have previously served any number of terms.

At the close of the nomination period, Board members are selected through a Participating Organization election and by a limited appointment process. Elected seats are available in the following categories; merchant (6), financial institution (3), processor (3), vendor (3), association/nonprofit (3).

Serving on the Board of Advisors is a two-year commitment with three in-person meetings of two days each, held in major cities around the world. Please stay tuned to the PCI Monitor for more information on the nominations and election process. In the meantime, contact secretariat@pcisecuritystandards.org with any questions.

Assessor viewpoint on scoping and segmentation guidance
The Council just published new Guidance for PCI DSS Scoping and Network Segmentation to help clarify basic scoping and segmentation principles provided in the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). In a new blog post, QSA Jacob Ansari discusses how this guidance can help assessors and merchants in their day-to-day jobs.

 > Read the blog 

SMB security tips for the holidays
Malware doesn’t just sound bad, it is bad. It’s a nasty infection that if your defenses are down, can take out your computers and systems like a bad virus. So how do you fight it off? Help us raise awareness of security basics small businesses can use to protect themselves during this especially busy time of year - and beyond.

 > View the SMB blog series

The 2017 Asia-Pacific Community Meeting will be held in May
Come to Bangkok, Thailand on 17-18 May. We are planning a great agenda packed with data breach forensics reports, technology updates and regional viewpoints – and it’s not too early to register!

 > Register here