In today's episode, I am excited to announce that the Council will open the nomination period for the next Brazil Regional Engagement Board next month. Regional Engagement Boards serve as advisors to PCI SSC on payment data security issues in specific geographies and markets. Joining me to discuss what this all means and how you can participate is the Council's own Guilherme Scheibe, Regional Director of Brazil and LAC.

Welcome to this very special edition of the Coffee with the Council podcast. This podcast will be in Japanese only. For non-Japanese-speaking audience, this podcast will be transcribed and translated to English on the PCI SSC webpage.

Today, I am so excited to bring you a sneak peek interview with PCI SSC's Asia-Pacific Community Meeting keynote speaker, Sharon Gai. Sharon Gai is a global expert in e-commerce, digital strategy, and cross-cultural innovation. After nearly a decade at Alibaba, guiding global brands through China's digital market, she authored E-Commerce Reimagined and now helps companies bridge east and west. Sharon, it's a pleasure to have you with us today.

Today, I am so excited to bring you a sneak peek interview with PCI SSC's Europe Community Meeting Keynote Speaker, Bernie Collins. Bernie Collins is a Formula One Strategy Analyst and former Race Strategist, who has worked at the highest levels of motorsport, including Aston Martin. She specializes in decoding the complex world of F1 strategy, from tire choices and pit stops to race day decision making and translating it into insights fans can truly understand. You might recognize her from her expert commentary on Sky Sports F1, where she breaks down the fast-paced world of Formula One with clarity and precision. With a background in mechanical engineering and years on the pit wall, Bernie brings both technical expertise and real-world racing experience to everything she does.

Today, I am so excited to bring you a sneak peek interview with PCI SSC's North America Community Meeting Keynote Speaker, Reed Timmer. Dr. Reed Timmer is an extreme meteorologist and storm chaser, who specializes in intercepting the most powerful storms on the planet to collect valuable scientific data. You might know him from the Discovery Channel reality television series, Storm Chasers, as well as from the documentary film, Tornado Glory, and in the television series, Tornado Chasers. Graduating with a PhD in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma, Timmer is not only a hardcore storm chaser, but also a scientist driven to unravel the mysteries behind these destructive storms and how they are changing over time.

In today's episode, I'm excited to announce that the Council is launching a new Regional Engagement Board for India and South Asia. Regional Engagement Boards serve as advisors to PCI SSC on payment data security issues in specific geographies and markets. This will be the Council's second REB, as it's commonly referred to, after launching in Brazil in 2018. Joining me to discuss what this all means and how you can participate is the Council's own Nitin Bhatnagar, Regional Director of India, South Asia, and the Middle East.

In this episode of Coffee with the Council, we’ll hear from Megan Shamas, Chief Marketing Officer at the FIDO Alliance as she discusses a solution to reducing the world’s reliance on passwords with the Council’s own Andrew Jamieson, VP, Distinguished Standards Architect. Together they will explore phishing-resistant authentication through the use of passkeys and a future where account takeover is no longer a threat.

As many of our listeners are aware, we are quickly approaching the deadline to adopt the future-dated requirements of PCI DSS version 4.0.1 on March 31st, 2025. Over the course of the last year, the Council has received feedback that more guidance was needed to properly implement some of the e-commerce security requirements in the standard, particularly Requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1. As such, the Council has released several pieces of guidance this year, including updates to Self-Assessment Questionnaire A, an FAQ related to SAQ A eligibility criteria, and of course, the highly anticipated guidance developed by our E-commerce Guidance Task Force. Joining me today to walk through all this new guidance is Lauren Holloway, Director of Data Security Standards at PCI SSC.