PCI Group Figures Out That The Word “Vendor” Is The Anti-Credibility
Written by Evan SchumanOctober 23rd, 2008
The group originally called the PCI Alliance, which changed its name to the PCI Security Vendor Alliance on Tuesday (Oct. 21), has changed its name again–this time to the Payment Card Industry Security Alliance (PCI SA). Mercifully, it never bothered to change its URL, so it’s still pcialliance.org.
“By removing ‘vendor’ from our name, we broaden our appeal to merchants as well as vendors, thereby making it easier for the two to work together on creating PCI compliance solutions and best practices,” said Alan Bird, president of the PCI SA. Yep. But also, the impression that a PCI Vendor group was simply trying to sell stuff was hard to shake.
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I have strong reservations about the 'individual' certification and posting of that information for merchants. Can you imagine the potential employee poaching that might occur? The implications when competitors can look up how many are certified with each of their competitors? 
-Christine
