Like any industry standard, it will take time for all the parties involved to work out the best way to tackle individual nuances of the guidelines, but the oversight organization is pleased with the progress it has made in pushing PCI DSS forward thus far.
"It's a balancing act," said Russo. "Some people want to be told what to do, and the standard does that, but it also allows people who have had found other paths to the desired results to pass; at end of day we're only concerned with making the data secure why not allow someone to do things their way if it works."
The Security Standards Council is currently amassing a database of feedback from 275 different companies that are dealing with PCI compliance, and it is also continuing the development of its training programs aimed at getting all assessors on the same page, according to Russo.
As time passes and PCI DSS matures, the impact felt by companies operating under the mandate should become less dramatic, he said.
"Unfortunately some people think we live in an ivory tower and want to make them do things for the sake of it, but this is really a set of best practices, things you should be doing top protect data already," Russo said.
"With things like the compensating controls, we hear both sides, some say it is too open to interpretation, some say it is too prescriptive," the compliance expert said. "The reality is that it's the end result that we're looking for, as long as the cat gets skinned and the content is being protected, that's what we're driving at."
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