Fred Kost

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS ) is affecting IT spending in a big way, despite the economic downturn. It's not just compliance that's driving PCI DSS implementation—retailers of all sizes are increasingly finding that all the trouble is well worth the effort. Recent security breaches, like those at TJX and the Gap that affected millions of customers, have put compliance front and center for many IT departments. That's part of the results from a recent survey by Cisco Systems that polled 500 security professionals who noted that while PCI DSS compliance is hard, more than