The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council will move to a three-year cycle related to the main technical standards it issues for protection of payment-card information. The new DSS will not be effective until Jan.1, 2011. The current version of DSS 1.2 and was issued October 2008 has no official name or number assignment yet. The council reserves the right to issue an “errata” notice for any changes needed quickly. The official complete retirement of the current DSS is expected to be after Dec. 31, 2011.”]

