Futurex Appointed to 2025-2027 PCI SSC Board of Advisors
David Close to Represent Futurex in Global Standards Leadership Role
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – May 30, 2025 – Futurex, a global leader in enterprise data protection and cryptographic innovation, has been appointed to the PCI Security Standards Council's (PCI SSC) 2025–2027 Board of Advisors. Representing Futurex is Chief Solutions Architect David Close.
As one of a select group of global organizations chosen to help guide the PCI SSC's strategic direction, Futurex brings decades of applied cryptographic expertise to the forefront of payment security. The Council's Board of Advisors is critical in shaping PCI standards and programs, ensuring they remain relevant, effective, and globally representative.
This appointment comes as the payments industry faces heightened regulatory scrutiny and rising threats posed by advances in quantum computing. Futurex's seat on the Board reinforces its role as a trusted authority in enterprise encryption and forward-looking data protection.
The Board of Advisors represents PCI SSC Participating Organizations worldwide to ensure global industry involvement in developing PCI Security Standards and programs. Futurex is one of 64 global organizations selected to serve on the Board, bringing industry, geographical, and technical insight to PCI SSC's evolving plans and projects.
"As global threats evolve, Futurex remains committed to helping shape the standards that protect billions of payment transactions worldwide," said David Close, Chief Solutions Architect at Futurex. "Serving on the PCI SSC Board of Advisors is both a responsibility and a strategic opportunity to bring field-tested, cryptographic insight to the Council. We look forward to contributing to the development of quantum-resilient standards and advancing global payment trust."
"The Board of Advisors provides industry expertise and perspectives that influence and shape the development of PCI security standards and programs," said Gina Gobeyn, Executive Director of the PCI Security Standards Council. "We look forward to working with Futurex in our efforts to help organizations secure payment data globally."
Futurex continues to innovate in areas critical to the future of payment security, including post-quantum cryptography, decentralized key management, and globally compliant cloud HSM deployment. This appointment reflects the company's long-standing dedication to security, compliance, and leadership in protecting sensitive data across industries and borders.
It also reinforces Futurex's continued investment in cross-industry collaboration and standards development, aligning internal initiatives with global regulatory evolution.
To view the complete list of 2025–2027 PCI SSC Board of Advisors, visit the PCI Security Standards Council 2025-2027 Advisory Board Announcement.
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About Futurex
For over 40 years, Futurex has been an award-winning leader and innovator in the encryption market, delivering uncompromising enterprise-grade data security solutions. Over 15,000 organizations worldwide trust Futurex to provide groundbreaking hardware security modules, key management servers, and cloud HSM solutions.
Futurex is headquartered outside of San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices worldwide and over a dozen data centers across five continents, and delivers unmatched support for its clients' mission-critical data encryption and key management requirements.
About the PCI Security Standards Council
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) leads a global, cross-industry effort to increase payment security by providing industry-driven, flexible, and effective data security standards and programs that help businesses detect, mitigate, and prevent cyberattacks and breaches.
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