Requirement 6.6 of Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) deadline is June 30. Vendors are using the deadline as an excuse to drum up a little publicity, says Brenner. Brenner: Vendors need to be able to cut through the hype and assess the best application security fit for their organizations without being blinded one way or another by the latest deadline talk. Without the pressure of PCI DSS, far fewer merchants would even be making an attempt to better protect customer data, he says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122872/fud-watch—vendor-hype-escalates-over-pci-deadline.html