Verisec becomes a PCI Principal Participating Organization

Verisec AB to partner with PCI Security Standards Council to help secure payment data worldwide.

— As Council’s Newest Principal Participating Organization, Verisec will help shape the direction of PCI SSC—

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Stockholm, Sweden March 22nd 2024 — Verisec AB, a Swedish Tech company operating in the cloud payment cryptography as a service  and Secure digital Identity services, announced today that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) as a new Principal Participating Organization. Verisec will help drive the future of global payment security with a strategic level of leadership, participation, and influence with the Council.

PCI SSC leads the global effort to increase payment security by providing flexible, industry-driven, and effective data security standards and programs. Global industry collaboration is critical to this mission. The Council’s Participating Organizations program brings together industry leaders to strategize about how to protect payment data from the latest threats and to anticipate the needs of an ever-changing payment ecosystem.

As a Principal Participating Organization, Verisec will provide strategic direction to help shape the future of the Council. Verisec will impact the direction of PCI SSC standards, drive technical discussions, and have input into Council initiatives.

“Companies and organizations across the globe face an ever-changing payment landscape with new and evolved threats attacking their systems and data,” said Gina Gobeyn, Executive Director of the PCI Security Standards Council. “By joining as a Principal Participating Organization, Verisec will have a significant impact on how PCI SSC helps them address these challenges especially the direction and development of PCI Security Standards and resources that help organizations prevent, detect, and mitigate attacks on global payment data.”

VERISEC provides cryptographic products and payment cryptography as a service to protect sensitive data, card payments and digital identities. Verisec mission is to allow financial entities — from large banks and payment processors to smaller FinTech’s and startups — leverage the benefits of a truly Cloud-based Payment Security infrastructure designed to validate and process payment transactions.

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“Verisec AB is a Swedish Tech company, originated in 2002 and focused since inception in enabling TRUST in Digital Transactions, through the development of proprietary Cutting-edge Technologies and Services, as well as integration and implementation of a range of best-of-breed third-party Security technologies.  Verisec helps secure millions of users and daily transactions for finance institutions, corporates and governments across 4 continents.

Based in Stockholm, Sweden. With direct presence in the UK, Spain, Serbia, Mexico, Australia & the UAE.