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16 December 2015 | Vol. 3, Issue 46

Dear Participating Organization: 

This week’s updates from the PCI Council include:

  • Mark your calendar for Migrating from SSL and early TLS webinar
  • Check out our new blog: PCI Perspectives
  • PCI SSC has a new website
  • Sign up for the 2016 SIG - meeting kicks off in January
  • 2016 Q1 training locations include Orlando, San Diego, and Bali

Please note that this is the final issue of the PCI Monitor for 2015.  We'll be back in January, with the first issue of 2016 being published on the 6th.  Have a happy new year!

As always, if you have questions, concerns, or suggestions on how to improve this weekly communication for POs, please email us at: pcimonitor@pcissc.org.

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-Your Partners in Payment Security

 Save the dates

Middle East Forum
6-7 April
Dubai, UAE

North America Community Meeting
20-22 September
Las Vegas, NV

Europe Community Meeting
18-20 October
Edinburgh, Scotland

Asia-Pacific Community Meeting
16-17 November
 Singapore

›› PCI News and Program Updates

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Webinar: Migrating from SSL and Early TLS

In response to questions around the new required date change for migrating away from Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and early Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols to more secure encryption, the Council will host a webinar along with National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) and members of the assessor community. This 60-minute session will provide guidance on making this important transition to protect your data and your customers. It will be available on the PCI SSC website on Friday.

New PCI Perspectives Blog

It’s official. We’re launching a blog! What does that mean for you?

More access to insight, information and practical resources to help your organization protect its payment data and its partners and customers. 

Collaboration is a theme you’ve heard a lot from us at the Council. With our PCI Perspectives Blog, we’re excited to provide yet another way for sharing insights, expertise and lessons learned that will benefit the PCI community and the industry as a whole.

As we roll out this blog over the coming weeks, and start to plan 2016 content, we’ll be looking for opportunities to feature different perspectives from members of the PCI community. If you have a topic or idea that you think would be beneficial to your payments security peers as a blog post, please contact us at blog@pcisecuritystandards.org.

Check out our first series of blog posts on getting ready for the holiday shopping season: ACT Now: 12 Steps to Stop Holiday Hackers.

New PCI SSC website

The Council recently rolled out a new website that will make it easier for you to find what you are looking for. With a fresh, modern look and optimized performance, the design imperative for the new website was ease of navigation. That includes navigation on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones so users can connect anytime, anywhere. If you haven’t seen the new website, take time now to experience the change at www.pcisecuritystandards.org

›› Participation Opportunities

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Get involved - join the 2016 Special Interest Group

Best Practices for Safe-E-Commerce is the topic will be the next PCI Special Interest Group project undertaken in 2016. The new group will commence in January and the deliverables are expected to be published at the end of 2016.

Council SIG leads will finalize the group Terms of Reference which defines the precise scope of work of the group. The SIGs will begin regular meetings and SIG work in January.and will continue throughout the year. 

If you are interested in participating in the new SIG group in 2016, please register to express your interest in joining the group. Registrations will be processed before the start of the SIGs in January.

›› Training

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Give yourself the gift of security this holiday season   

Cardholder data security that is.  Start the new year with a strong knowledge of best practices to keep your payment card data safe.  Novice or industry veteran, there is a PCI training course that will arm you with tools and strategies to better secure your cardholder data environment.  Please peruse the instructor-led offerings for Q1: Orlando, San Diego, Bali.  And remember - if you can't get away, eLearning options are available for many courses, too.  Check out the website. Registration opens 4 January.