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Retail Group Takes a Swipe at PCI

Jaikumar Vijayan writes on ComputerWorld:

Simmering discontent within the retail industry over the payment card industry (PCI) data security standards erupted into the open this week with the National Retail Federation (NRF) asking credit card companies to stop forcing retailers to store payment card data.

In a tersely worded letter to the PCI Security Standards Council, which oversees implementation of the standard, NRF CIO David Hogan asked credit card companies to stop making retailers "jump through hoops to create an impenetrable fortress" to protect card data. Instead, "retailers want to eliminate the incentive for hackers to break into their systems in the first place."

posted by Fergie @ 10/05/2007 12:11:00 PM