what does pci dss stand for
PCI DSS stands for 'Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard'. It is a standard concerning security of payments card data.ot all the standards are applicable to every business-it depends what a given business does with payment card data, and how. How do you define 'payment card data'? Payment card data includes any of the information printed on a credit or debit card, or encoded on a magnetic stripe or microchip.