Midland Bank receives security standard certification

Midland Bank yesterday received a PCI DSS certification for adopting and applying mandatory controls to ensure data security for customers. 

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a payment card security standard to safeguard cardholders against fraud and abuse of private and personal information, says a press release.

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The standards are designed and mandated by the PCI Security Standards Council whose founding members are VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Financial Services and JCB International.

Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, managing director of the bank, received the certificate from Moshiul Islam, chief executive officer of Enterprise InfoSec Consultants, which provides professional consulting services in compliance auditing, such as the PCI DSS, at its head office in Gulshan.

Md Zahid Hossain, deputy managing director of the bank, Md Zahirul Islam, chief financial officer, Md Nazmul Huda Sarkar, chief technology officer, Md Rashed Akter, head of retail distribution, Md Abed-Ur-Rahman, head of cards, Jahangir Alam, chief operating officer of Enterprise InfoSec Consultants, and Faridul Islam, head of marketing, were present.