Bob Russo

Bob Russo, the general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council, works with representatives from American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa Inc to drive awareness and adoption of the PCI Data Security Standard. Russo is responsible for driving the organization’s policies, as well as meeting its goals to create education programs, establish pools of certified QSAs and ASVs, and incorporate feedback from all stakeholders across the payment chain into the work of the Council and the development of new standards. He oversees the PCI Security Standards Council's training, testing and certification programs for Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs) and Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs).