Mike Thompson
Senior Manager, Emerging Standards, PCI Security Standards Council
Mr. Thompson is a Sr. Manager with the Emerging Standards group, where his role includes technical contributions to PCI standards and related efforts, as well as serving as the chair of the PCI SSC’s Point-to-Point Encryption working group. Mr. Thompson also chairs other Council initiatives, such as Software Security and Cloud task forces, in addition to various Special Interest Groups. Mr. Thompson has spent the last 15 years involved in security-sensitive and safety-critical engineering roles – possessing degrees in both Computer Engineering and Computer Science, as well as being listed on 4 U.S. patents from previous collaborations.