This international organization regulates billions of transactions daily and provides security guidelines to protect
personally identifiable information (PII). These security controls provide a baseline and prevent low-level
hackers sometimes known as script kiddies from causing a data breach.
Which of the following organizations is being described?
A.
Payment Card Industry (PCI)
B.
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
C.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
D.
International Security Industry Organization (ISIO)
Explanation:
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a proprietary information security standard for
organizations that handle branded credit cards from the major card schemes including Visa, MasterCard,
American Express, Discover, and JCB. The PCI DSS standards are very explicit about the requirements for the
back end storage and access of PII (personally identifiable information).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard