Christopher Kristes

Executive Board Member, QSA, usd AG

Christopher is an Executive Board Member at usd AG where he heads the division Security Audits & PCI. He has been working in the InfoSec field since 2005, earning multiple PCI credentials and other InfoSec certifications such as CISSP and CISA. Christopher has been involved in the world of PCI and its standards since their beginning and has been an active member of the Global Executive Assessor Roundtable (GEAR) for several years.

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DORA: How the Next Wave of Requirements Is Hitting the Payment Card Industry

Date: Wednesday, 9 October

Track One

Presented by: Christopher Kristes, Executive Board Member, QSA, usd AG and Christian Schwartz, Head of Security in Finance, usd AG

With many organizations still in the thick of their transition to PCI DSS v4.0, the financial sector is facing the next wave of requirements: DORA. The Digital Operational Resilience Act will apply as of January 2025 and have a significant impact on many actors of the payment card industry – directly or indirectly. Who is affected and what are the main DORA requirements? With DORA focusing on the resilience and PCI DSS on the confidentiality of payment data, is there still an overlap in their requirements? Can organizations benefit from PCI DSS compliance when implementing DORA? Join an expert for InfoSec in finance and an experienced QSA in discussing these questions and learn what you can do to prepare today, tomorrow and by January 2025.