What Changed and What you need to know about PCI DSS 3.0 The new PCI DSS version 3.0 guidelines will take effect on the 1st of January 2014 but will only be forced in 2015. Still, 1 year passes by so quickly so read this document to see what changed and what is new in the new PCI DSS 3.0 guidelines and check how it might impact your business and the security of your websites and web applications.