question:

Following the Payment Council Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) is just good business. Such standards help ensure healthy and trustworthy payment card transactions for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide that use their cards every day.

Please define and describe the PCI DSS

What are potential liabilities from not following PCI DSS?

With regards to payment security:

What data are thieves after?

Where do thieves steal data?

What needs to be secured?