The PCI Security Standards Council (SSC), which drafts many payment card industry security standards, meets annually in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America to share new standards, gather feedback from the community, and discuss the burning issues of the day. Security professionals who have to comply with PCI standards need to stay abreast of these updates.

What follows is a summary of key points from those meetings that are relevant to the security community, including point-to-point encryption (P2PE), encryption in the cloud, and small business compliance.