The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced plans to strengthen its PCI Qualified Security Assessor (PCI QSA) certification review process, adding staff and funding in order to improve oversight.

"The council, an independent organization founded by five payment card brands, maintains the PCI standards and governs training and approval of QSAs and Approved Scanning Vendors (ASV)," writes SearchSecurity.com's Robert Westervelt. "It initially had three people reviewing hundreds of PCI DSS assessments for inconsistencies that could signal a troubled or disorganized assessment firm."

"The organization is hiring a quality assurance analyst and currently has a staff of five reviewing QSA assessments," Westervelt writes.

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