Oppenheimer vs Hinton? - Digital Threat Digest

In March 2022, the PCI DSS Security Standards Council launched the long-awaited update to the standard, with Version 4.
We were already steadily moving towards a cashless society, even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit; banks made it easier for us to use our cards while we are out and about, with contactless payments, and we are certainly spending more time and money doing our shopping online.
Requirement 1 in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is largely concerned with firewalls and how they are such a critical protection mechanism for network security.
Like many other subject areas that touch upon IT or cyber security, the Payment Card Industry is riddled with acronyms and potentially bewildering terminology.
Once a status of compliance has been successfully achieved, the last thing an organisation wants is to drop its guard and lapse into a state of non-compliance the following year.