The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) was formed, and on December 15, 2004, these companies aligned their individual policies and released version 1.0 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
== Аудиторские компании PCI PA-QSA ==Существует родственный PCI DSS стандарт безопасности платежных приложений - Payment Card Industry Payment Application - Data Security Standard (PCI PA-DSS).