# Does PCI Matter?

DevFeed: [Does PCI Matter?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/does-pci-matter-36762.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/does-pci-matter/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>)

Tags: [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article questions whether PCI compliance reliably prevents credit-card breaches. It argues that the absence of detected breaches despite PCI audit failures may indicate that many PCI failures do not lead to breaches, and questions whether PCI should take priority over other security investments.

## Source excerpt

It's certainly not a silver bullet...