The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4: Documentation, Compliance, and Management

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A. B. Cooper Jr. et al.The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9288-4_1

1. A Brief History of PCI

Arthur B. Cooper Jr.¹  , Jeff Hall², David Mundhenk³ and Ben Rothke⁴

(1)

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

(2)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

(3)

Austin, TX, USA

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Clifton, NJ, USA

 

Welcome to the PCI DSS

Most people think that PCI began with the formation of the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) back in 2006, but the roots of PCI, in fact, go back to the late 1990s.

With the advent of the Internet and the development of electronic commerce, the card brands (American Express, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, and Visa International) began to see breaches ...