PCI Security Standards Council
E37195
The PCI Security Standards Council is a global forum that develops and manages security standards for payment card data protection, including the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PCI Security Standards Council canonical | 20 |
| PCI SSC | 1 |
| PCI Security Standards Council Qualified Security Assessor | 1 |
| PCI Security Standards Council standards family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T287131 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PCI Security Standards Council Context triple: [SSL 3.0, deprecatedBy, PCI Security Standards Council]
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A.
CCSA
CCSA (China Communications Standards Association) is a Chinese standards organization responsible for developing and promoting telecommunications and information technology standards, including participation in global mobile communications standardization.
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B.
Alliance Data Systems
Alliance Data Systems is a U.S.-based provider of data-driven marketing, loyalty, and private-label credit card services for retailers and other consumer-facing businesses.
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C.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
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D.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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E.
ISO Council
The ISO Council is the main governing body of the International Organization for Standardization, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policy decisions, and overall management.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PCI Security Standards Council Target entity description: The PCI Security Standards Council is a global forum that develops and manages security standards for payment card data protection, including the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
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A.
CCSA
CCSA (China Communications Standards Association) is a Chinese standards organization responsible for developing and promoting telecommunications and information technology standards, including participation in global mobile communications standardization.
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B.
Alliance Data Systems
Alliance Data Systems is a U.S.-based provider of data-driven marketing, loyalty, and private-label credit card services for retailers and other consumer-facing businesses.
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C.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
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D.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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E.
ISO Council
The ISO Council is the main governing body of the International Organization for Standardization, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policy decisions, and overall management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consortium
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nonprofit organization ⓘ standards organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
PCI Security Standards Council
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
PCI SSC
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| developsStandard |
P2PE
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PA-DSS ⓘ PCI 3-D Secure Core Security Standard ⓘ PCI Card Production and Provisioning Standards ⓘ PCI DSS ⓘ PCI DSS ⓘ
surface form:
PCI Data Security Standard
PCI PIN Transaction Security ⓘ PTS ⓘ Payment Application Data Security Standard ⓘ Point-to-Point Encryption Standard ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cardholder data protection
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data security standards for merchants and service providers ⓘ payment card transaction security ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
American Express
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Discover Financial Services ⓘ JCB Co., Ltd. ⓘ Mastercard ⓘ Visa ⓘ
surface form:
Visa Inc.
|
| geographicReach | international ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
financial institutions
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merchants ⓘ payment card brands ⓘ point-of-sale vendors ⓘ processors ⓘ service providers ⓘ |
| industry | payment card industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| managesProgram |
Approved Scanning Vendor program
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PCI Professional training and certification ⓘ Qualified Security Assessor program ⓘ |
| name | PCI Security Standards Council self-link ⓘ |
| purpose |
development of security standards for payment card data protection
ⓘ
management of PCI security standards lifecycle ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
publishes guidance documents and best practices for PCI security
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sets technical and operational requirements for protecting cardholder data ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| standardDomain | payment card data security ⓘ |
| standardType | security standard ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
compliance standards
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information security ⓘ payment security ⓘ |
| website | https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PCI Security Standards Council Description of subject: The PCI Security Standards Council is a global forum that develops and manages security standards for payment card data protection, including the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
PCI Security Standards Council
→
abbreviation
→
PCI Security Standards Council
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
PCI SSC
Payment Application Data Security Standard
→
retirementAnnouncedBy
→
PCI Security Standards Council
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Payment Application Data Security Standard
→
requiresValidationBy
→
PCI Security Standards Council
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this entity surface form:
PCI Security Standards Council Qualified Security Assessor
this entity surface form:
PCI Security Standards Council standards family