The PCI Security Standards Council, a global, open industry standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (DSS), PCI PIN Entry Device (PED) Security Requirements and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), announced at the Electronic Transactions Association Annual Meeting and Expo the release of version 1.1 of the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS). Following release of the PA-DSS, this fall the Council will also roll out a program to include maintenance of a list of validated payment applications.