Bruce Rutherford, group head of fraud management solutions and payment system integrity for MasterCard, has been appointed chairman of the PCI Security Standards Council. The global open industry standards body provides management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PIN Transaction Security Security Requirements, and the Payment Application Data Security Standard.
In his new position, Rutherford succeeds Lib De Veyra, vice president of emerging technologies at JCB International. As chairperson, Rutherford will work with the Council’s Board of Advisors, Participating Organizations, the assessor community, and merchants globally to increase adoption of the PCI standards. In addition, he will work with stakeholders to refine the draft iteration of the next release of the PCI standards and help educate and prepare the marketplace for the updates.
