Criminals continue to target consumers’ payment data, and IT security defenses need to keep pace. According to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report, nearly two-thirds of financial services respondents (64%) report seeing an increase in attacks, versus 49% survey-wide. Notably, more financial services respondents reported having experienced an attack (35% vs. 22% overall).
This paper examines in detail many of the vital Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 4.0 requirements for securing sensitive cardholder data and reveals how the encryption, key management, data protection, and access control products from the Thales Data Security portfolio address them to streamline your compliance needs.