Every day millions of people around the globe fall prey to cybercrimes. What makes it alarming is that majority of the data breach/theft is related to debit and credit cards. For these reasons, the PCI DSS standards were set in 2006 to strengthen information security and secure cardholder data. PCI DSS is a compliance requirement for all organizations and financial institutions including banks that deal with card transactions. As per the set guidelines, banks and other financial institutes are expected to have in place comprehensive internal controls, and security frameworks to safeguard sensitive data. Financial institutions heavily deal with millions of transactions daily, which is why it is an incredibly challenging task for them to secure transactions and cardholder data. For the amount of risk they are exposed to, the financial institutes are the most heavily regulated industry in the U.S. and around the world.
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