The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of comprehensive requirements for credit card account data security, developed by a council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa, Inc., to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.
The PCI DSS security standard includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures.