As retailers well know, security standards like PCI must evolve (sometimes quickly) to address new and different types of threats. In moving to PCI 3.0 (and now 3.1) one highly significant change is in how physical security technology (in particular video surveillance) is incorporated into the standard. Very often video surveillance is used in conjunction with cyber-security to understand and defend against threats (think of video cameras in stores turning to the cash register when potential fraud is detected). What makes these recent changes meaningful is that it’s moved the integration of video surveillance and cyber-security from a best practice to a requirement, not to mention as a requirement thousands of businesses must quickly adapt to.
