Improving and increasing industry involvement in the development of PCI Standards and resources is critical to Council’s mission to enhance global payment security. The PCI SSC established the Regional Engagement Board in Brazil to assist in exchanging information and increasing payment security through adoption of PCI Standards in Brazil.

Board member responsibilities include providing advice, feedback and guidance to the PCI SSC as requested relating to payment data security issues, trends and market changes in the region; representing the views and interests of regional constituents; assisting in the recruitment of new Participating Organizations and stakeholders; recommending agenda topics for the PCI Latin America Forum and Regional Engagement Board meetings; and participating as needed in PCI SSC initiatives and projects.

Board members will be expected to attend and participate in regular board meetings, which include: telephone conference meetings and two face-to-face meetings, to be held at the same time and location as the Latin America Forum. Additional telephone-based meetings of the Regional Engagement Board may be called by the PCI SSC, as needed.

The Regional Engagement Board is focused on specific geographies and markets where increased input and engagement is needed to foster broad adoption of PCI Security Standards. The Board of Advisors represents PCI SSC Participating Organizations worldwide to ensure global industry involvement in the development of PCI Security Standards. However, there will be an exchange of information and feedback both ways so that both groups will benefit from the topics and areas being discussed.

Board members serve for a two-year term.

Eligible organizations will nominate individuals to serve on the Brazil Regional Engagement Board through the PCI SSC member portal. The PCI SSC Executive Committee will then select the board from the list of nominees, based on what is needed to ensure broad representation from the payment system and across industry sectors that store, manage, process or transmit card-rooted payment data, and the best level of support for PCI SSC priorities and initiatives in the region. Board seats will be allocated to enable representation from each of these categories: Merchant, Issuer, Acquirer, Processor, Payment Service Provider, Regional Body or Group, Vendor and QSA.

All Participating Organizations (which includes Affiliate Members) and Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs) with a significant presence* in Brazil that are in good standing** are eligible to nominate and serve on the PCI SSC Brazil Regional Engagement Board. Additionally, associations or groups that the PCI SSC has determined as representing one or more category of regional constituents and/or influencing the adoption of PCI Standards may be eligible.

*For international companies to participate, PCI SSC does not require that the applicable company, legal entity, organization, association or group be based or formed in or have a principal business location in Brazil, but provide the best level of support, advice and interest for the Council and ensure broad representation across industry sectors that store, manage, process or transmit card-based payment data in Brazil, and the appointed representative must be able to support the meeting languages (English and Portuguese).

** Good standing means, with respect to a given PCI Program, being in compliance with the applicable rules and requirements of that PCI Program.

Yes, Brazil-based Board of Advisor members are eligible to nominate themselves for the Brazil Regional Engagement Board. However, preference will be given to eligible non-Board of Advisor nominees to ensure broad representation.

The nomination period runs from 1 to 30 November 2021.

Primary, business and technical contacts at eligible organizations can self-nominate or nominate another individual as a candidate for the PCI SSC Brazil Regional Engagement Board.

Nominations can be submitted through the member portal from 1 to 30 November. For help with login credentials, please contact support@pcisecuritystandards.org.

Only one individual may be nominated per organization as the primary representative, and one as the alternate in case the primary is unable to attend.

The nomination form requires a primary and alternate contact from each eligible organization. It must also include information about the organization and how it participates in the payments industry, as well as why the organization should be elected to the PCI SSC Brazil Regional Engagement Board.

The business and technical contacts for each Participating Organization and Affiliate Member and primary contacts for each QSA Company have login credentials for the member portal, which can be accessed at https://programs.pcissc.org/.

For help with login credentials, please contact support@pcisecuritystandards.org.