When the PCI council on Thursday (April 28) rolled out its new payment card security rules, it put additional emphasis on authentication and service providers, as expected. But it also took a key additional move by stressing the need for senior management — think CEOs, COOs, CFOs and potentially even board members — to get into the security details. Far too often, the levels above CIOs and CISOs don’t understand PCI, they don’t appreciate the details behind why security is needed, and they find the ever-increasing cost of security frustrating.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD