80 percent of businesses fail their interim Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance assessment. Verizon released the 2015 PCI Compliance Report by Verizon on March 12. The report encompasses three years of data and includes results from PCI assessments performed by Verizon PCI-qualified security assessors. On the positive side, nearly twice as many businesses received compliance validation during their interim review last year, in relation to 2013. The recent rash of data breaches serves as a reminder of how important it is to maintain strong security practices.”]