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PowerPay Forms Strategic Partnership with ControlScan to Provide PCI Scanning Services
PORTLAND, Maine, and ATLANTA
PowerPay, a leader in the electronic payments industry, has joined with ControlScan, an approved scanning vendor (ASV) certified by the Payment Card Industry, to help its e-commerce merchants meet the mandatory requirements set forth by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Council. year." ...
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nuBridges Helps Retailers Become PCI-Compliant
Web Services Journal - Montvale,NJ,USA
This involvement enables us to help our customers pass their annual security audits and maintain PCI compliance throughout the year." ...
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Ounce Labs Upgrades Tool
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
"Ounce Labs helps merchants achieve compliance by enabling them to review all custom application code for common vulnerabilities, which will become a PCI ...
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The Payment Card Industry Compliance - Securing both Merchant and ...
TMC Net - Norwalk,CT,USA
The PCI Compliance regulation is designed to be implemented by organizations which process transactions made through these credit or debit card types, ...
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PCI standards weigh heavy on ATM, kiosks
Self-Service World - Louisville,KY,USA
However, new machines will have to meet additional requirements for PCI compliance, such as a tamper-responsive design for the pad, along with additional ...
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GFI Releases PCI Compliance White Paper
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
... what the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) are, how they affect different companies and the repercussions of non-compliance. ...
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E-xact Announces PCI Compliance
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... gateway solutions, is pleased to announce that it has achieved full compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS). ...
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Exchange Hosting Provider, Intermedia, Announces SAS 70 Compliance
Tophosts - Toronto,ON,Canada
With the announcement, Intermedia is now the only major hosted Exchange provider to be both SAS 70 and PCI compliant. These are standards required by Visa, ...
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PCI Compliance: It Pays Off
Optimize Magazine - USA
More companies and CISOs are expected to be preoccupied with PCI compliance this year and with good reason say experts, who laud its common sense best ...
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Intuition Systems Selects Imperva SecureSphere for PCI Compliance
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
With Imperva we have a complete solution for data security and PCI compliance." "For companies like Intuition Systems that have deployed customized web ...
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Addressing the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.
4Hoteliers - Wanchai,Hong Kong
Reports generated through the ReportPacks are valuable to businesses when assessing the effectiveness of their PCI compliance program. ...
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NOVA Launches PCI Compliance Program for Small Businesses
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Once completed, a risk score is provided along with recommendations for the merchant to achieve PCI DSS compliance. "The protection of consumer and card ...
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Intermedia.NET Gains SAS 70, PCI Compliance
HostingTech.com - Leawood,KS,USA
The SAS 70 and PCI compliance, is required by Visa, MasterCard and other major credit card networks for any company handling credit card transactions. ...
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Hosted Exchange Firm, Intermedia.NET, Achieves Both SAS 70 and PCI ...
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
NET, has passed the SAS 70 auditing process, making it the first hosted Exchange provider with both SAS 70 and PCI compliance designations. ...
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PCI Compliance: It Pays Off
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
Sartin, a computer forensic investigator, says he is only "slightly biased" by the fact he teaches PCI compliance. "PCI is a very good thing," he insists, ...
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Alarmed By Data Breaches, Texas Eyes Mandating PCI Compliance
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
This Computerworld story on Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards reports on a 139-0 vote in the Texas House of Representatives in favor of HB 3222, ...
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Dedicated Hosting Solutions Firm, PEER 1, Unveils Upgraded ...
TheHostingNews.com (press release) - Milwaukie,OR,USA
... hosting customers an affordable scanner server solution, while satisfying the rigorous payment card industry (PCI) compliance scan requirements. ...
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Industry Webinar to Focus on PCI Data Security Standard as a ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
PORTSMOUTH, NH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecora Software, a leading provider of change and compliance reporting solutions, will host a webinar on PCI compliance with ...
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Survey Suggests Significant Progress Toward PCI Compliance Among ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
While the majority of respondents were not fully compliant, nearly all of those surveyed indicated they were familiar with PCI compliance and actively ...
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Shift4 Introduces Technology to Remove Cardholder Data From POS ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... to current or legacy POS systems, $$$ ON THE NET with 4GO SecureSwipe technology becomes a certified alternative to being audited for PCI compliance. ...
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Survey Suggests Significant Progress Toward PCI Compliance Among ...
Yacht Vacations & Charters Magazine (press release) - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
By Alicia Nolan. There are numerous ways of rating a good vacation: A good vacation is one that you want to tell your friends about the moment you get home. ...
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PCI group makes steady progress on Express specs
EETimes.com - USA
The PCI SIG is refining its compliance tests for Express 2.0, promising to have them complete before a plugfest scheduled for early December in the San Jose ...
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Grow ECR Sales With Payment Processing And PCI Compliance
IT Reseller Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
ECRs remain important to many VARs’ businesses, and payment processing and PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry-Data Security Standards) compliance is ...
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Survey Suggests Significant Progress Toward PCI Compliance Among ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
However, the vast majority had yet to achieve full end-to-end network PCI compliance. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was ...
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It's Christmas Time For PCI Express 2.0
Extreme Tech - USA
... a new compliance program and will hold workshops from now until to early December for developers, according to Al Yanes, chairman of the PCI Special ...
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Comodo Introduces HackerGuardian PCI Scan Compliancy, Daily Scanning
IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
eMerchants successfully passing the PCI criteria (no vulnerabilities of severity level 3 or above), will also be provided with a "PCI Compliance Report" ...
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Comodo Introduces Powerful PCI Compliancy And Daily Vulnerability ...
WebKnowHow (press release) - Orland Park,IL,USA
If you successfully pass the PCI criteria (no vulnerabilities of severity level 3 or above), you will also be provided with a "PCI Compliance Report" that ...
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Texas mulls bill that to make PCI requirements a state law
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
The bill would allow a financial institution in the state to request a breached entity to provide certification of its compliance with PCI specified ...
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TJX turbulence: Time to board the PCI ship
Green Sheet - Rohnert Park,CA,USA
If that's not enticement enough for merchants to get on board with PCI compliance, maybe this is: Consumers are weary of companies they perceive to be lax ...
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California Bankers Association Expands Endorsement With Wolters ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Solution Offers California Bankers Association Members One Integrated and United Approach to Compliance and Operational Risk Management MINNEAPOLIS, ...
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403 Labs, LLC Certified by Payment Card Industry as Qualified ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
403 Labs's PCI Compliance Division will now be able to fully service all levels of merchants and service providers with their PCI compliance efforts from ...
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Aruba Networks Unveils PCI-Compliant, Wire-Free Network Retail ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
"Retailers have an urgent need to protect networks and address PCI compliance requirements, previously a complex and costly endeavor because it entailed ...
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Clearent Deploys Ingrian Solutions to Protect Customer Data, Meet ...
WM Experts (press release) - Inverness,FL,USA
Despite PCI regulations going into effect in 2005, data breaches are still a major threat to the payment card industry. Data breaches generally occur ...
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Voxeo Announces Compliance to Payment Card Industry Data Security ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
PCI compliance ensures a high level of security for card transactions conducted over the phone using Voxeo's hosted IVR network. In addition, customers with ...
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Leading UK-Based Online Hotel Booking Firm Selects Ingrian to Meet ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
The ability to log all access and create an effective audit trail is key to achieving PCI compliance comfortably, and the Ingrian appliances enable ...
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Retailers Still Lag in PCI Compliance
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
Most of the larger retailers surveyed by RSA have achieved PCI compliance, the RSA study says. But only 19 percent of Level 4 merchants -- the smallest ...
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ISO 17799 a Good Kickoff for Compliance
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
Not that 17799 is the end game in compliance; sources quoted in the ComputerWeekly piece note that PCI is so granular to credit card processing that it ...
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MagTek and Element Payment Services, Inc. Showcase PCI Compliance ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... payment technologies, team up to promote their state-of-the-art, fast-track solution for PCI compliancePCI Compliance & Fraud Protection in a Swipe. ...
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RSA launches PCI compliance suite
IT Week - London,UK
"PCI compliance is driven by the card companies and it's starting to bite now – it's becoming more real for merchants," Pickard added. ...
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Lancope Presents PCI Compliance Webinar Detailing How Network ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
WHAT: Network Visibility - The Key to PCI Compliance Meeting the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard is challenging but critical. ...
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PCI aims for inclusiveness
Computer Business Review - UK
To Russo, this just shows the need for PCI compliance. "If they had been compliant, then this would not have happened," he said. He noted that TJX was also ...
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With New GM, PCI Council Plans Webinars And Rules Update
Digital Transactions - Hoffman Estates,IL,USA
At the same time, merchants and other observers note the complexity of PCI compliance. And compliance levels for the standard, which in its current form is ...
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TrustCommerce and MAGENSA™ Deliver Simplified PCI Compliance with ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
TrustCommerce is proud to partner with MAGENSA to deliver affordable solutions specifically aimed at combating fraud and enabling PCI compliance on an ...
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Information security: The route to compliance
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
"There is no other regulatory or industry compliance requirement that is quite this granular. PCI is unique, but the data you collect in a PCI compliance ...
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Payment Processing: Charlie Brown's Steakhouse Selects Shift 4's
Retail Solutions Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
In selecting the Shift4 solution, Charlie Brown's Steakhouse cited an immediate need for security as well as PCI compliance. ...
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LogLogic Unveils LogLogic 4
ebizQ - New Rochelle,NY,USA
With LogLogic 4, IT can easily adapt effective logging policies to support compliance through prepackaged solutions for PCI SOX, HIPAA, FISMA, ...
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RSA Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Survey Identifies ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
"RSA's survey underscores the struggle many merchants are having with PCI compliance. Many understand the need for the standard and believe that it will be ...
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AirDefense's New Technology Ensures PCI Compliance by Protecting ...
Wireless Design & Development Asia - Singapore
A recent report by industry analyst firm Gartner titled Answers to Common Questions About PCI Compliance lists "unprotected wireless connections" as a ...
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Avoiding TJX-Sized Breach Takes More than Compliance
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
PCI compliance, after all, doesn’t ensure that data breaches will be detected in a timely manner. So even though PCI and Sarbox compliance are good places ...
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Critical Watch is Certified as PCI Security Standards Council ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
"We're happy to help evaluate PCI compliance as part of our suite of solutions. We've packaged our capability such that PCI assessment is embedded as an ...
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Payment Card Security: Reducing the Risks and Costs of Breaches
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Attendees will walk away with details of Visa’s PCI DSS Compliance Acceleration Program, learn how to leverage PCI successes and avoid mistakes others have ...
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PCI compliance tops Humane Society CIO’s agenda
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
So early this year, it started using QualysGuard PCI, a software-as-a-service application from security vendor Qualys that provides PCI compliance testing, ...
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Zellerent Launches Free Compliance Readiness Assessment
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
Designed for enterprises facing new and ongoing compliance requirements related to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), CA SB1386, GLBA, 21CFR11, PCI DSS, ISO27001 and ...
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ClearSpeed Adopts Cadence Incisive Enterprise Manager
HPCwire - San Diego,CA,USA
"Incisive Enterprise Manager works well with the PCI Express Compliance Management System to provide better reporting and tracking of project status," said ...
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ControlPath Webinars to Help Organizations Slash Compliance Costs ...
dBusinessNews Denver (press release) - Denver,CO,USA
Denver - ControlPath Inc., a leading developer of automated compliance and risk management solutions, announced today a series of educational webinars about ...
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Rapid7 Joins Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Vendor Alliance
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
PCI compliance provides consumers some assurance that the online transaction systems they are using are secure. By achieving PCI compliance, ...
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Credit-card data breaches drive security
CRN Australia - Australia
And,as more companies look to the channel for help with securing their networks for PCI compliance, it's turning out to be a wonderful life for solution ...
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Document Your Way out of PCI Compliance?
Enterprise IT Planet - Darien,CT,USA
... operating their businesses need to be aware that PCI is no joke. Many of us who have set out to meet compliance have learned that the regulation wasn’t ...
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ControlPath Webinars to Help Organizations Slash Compliance Costs ...
ClickPress (press release) - UK
ControlPath Inc., a leading developer of automated compliance and risk management solutions, announced today a series of educational webinars about the ...
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Princeton Softech Foresees Testing Times as Businesses Race to ...
Verivox (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
Princeton Softech recently helped the world's largest retailer with PCI compliance. And as an expert in the provision of TDM solutions, it is well placed to ...
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IT shops take compliance seriously
SearchWinIT.com - USA
... even realize it," said Ken Smith, a principal auditor with Akibia, an IT consulting firms that specializes in PCI compliance audits and risk analyses. ...
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Firms seeking PCI compliance face dilemma
SC Magazine US - USA
The acquiring banks then push the costs of PCI-DSS compliance and validation of compliance onto merchants. However, if the costs (time and money) of PCI-DSS ...
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Recent Breaches Could Be a Bonanza for a Startup Security Vendor
Digital Transactions - Hoffman Estates,IL,USA
The system encrypts card data at the moment it is swiped, and can automate data destruction in compliance with PCI. This automation, Buczynksi says, ...
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Application Security Inc. Offers Blueprint for Optimal PCI Compliance
SourceWire (press release) - London,UK
The second in a series of AppSecInc Webinars on PCI compliance, the 27 March event benefits from Mr. Yuhanna’s deep expertise in database controls – which ...
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Princeton Softech Foresees Testing Times as Businesses Race to ...
WebitPR (press release) - North Hykeham,Lincoln,UK
Princeton Softech recently helped the world’s largest retailer with PCI compliance. And as an expert in the provision of TDM solutions, it is well placed to ...
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ControlCase Participates in Virginia’s Accessing International ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The PCI Security Standards Council, founded by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB, requires that every participant in the credit card ...
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Fortify Software Offers Protection for Vulnerable Web Applications ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
Other organizations use Fortify Defender to address upcoming PCI compliance requirements and current best-practice recommendations for an application layer ...
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WEBINAR: PCI Compliance Made Simple*
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
MARCH 19, 2007 | When is a critical issue not a critical issue? According to Microsoft's Michael Howard, the answer is, "when it's a Vista vulnerability. ...
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Xilinx Delivers Complete Development Kit for PCI Express
DSP-FPGA.com (press release) - St Clair Shores,MI,USA
... low power 3.2Gbps RocketIO GTP transceivers, provide a fully integrated solution that has passed the PCI-SIG® Compliance Workshop "plugfest" for v1.1. ...
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Ecora Software Joins the PCI Security Vendor Alliance
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
To assist companies in their preparations for an audit, Ecora is offering a free PCI Compliance kit for Level 1 through Level 4 merchants and service ...
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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard -- a Great Start but ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
Applications architected with PCI DSS compliance in mind are designed to prevent storage of unnecessary data. Point of sale (POS) applications that store ...
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WEBINAR: PCI Compliance Made Simple*
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
MARCH 16, 2007 | I don't know about you, but when I'm traveling by air I like to feel rather secure in transit. Understand that I'm not just talking about ...
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Compliance As Kick-Starter
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
PCI standards and compliance initiatives have jump started data security in a very interesting fashion. Because they are completely driven by the credit ...
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Hefty fines looming for PCI:DSS non-compliance
Retail Bulletin - Croydon,UK
In the US, Visa has been encouraging compliance with a US$20million incentive scheme called the Visa PCI Compliance Acceleration Programme. ...
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Avery Design Delivers PCI Express Gen2 Verification IP and ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
“We have been working with leading edge PCI Express IP core vendors and several early adopters on Gen2 compliance for over a year. Our compliance testsuites ...
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Watchfire Certified as PCI Security Standards Council Approved ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Participating payment brands require PCI DSS compliance reports by a certified third-party assessor for merchants and service providers that process credit ...
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Paymetric Releases Next Generation Payment Engine Software
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
By using XiPay, organizations are able to streamline payment processes, meet PCI compliance requirements and leverage investments in ERP systems like SAP. ...
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Sixty Seconds Of Privacy: Developments In PCI Enforcement
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
In December 2006, with PCI compliance levels still lagging, Visa announced a new approach to encourage companies to comply with the PCI standards: not only ...
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BankInfoSecurity.com Offers PCI Compliance Webinar March 13
PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA
In the March 13 webinar the requirements to achieve and maintain PCI compliance will be laid out. The webinar will include a review of the PCI DSS in depth ...
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Industry Expert Noel Yuhanna to Address PCI Compliance and ...
American Digital Networks (press release) - Annapolis,MD,USA
... estimated to exceed $182 per record, grounding compliance initiatives like PCI in the databases that fuel businesses has never been more critical. ...
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PCI compliance after the TJX data breach
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
The standard also requires that PCI compliance be certified by two separate outside consultancies. And with that in mind, numerous consultants now offer PCI ...
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WEBINAR: PCI Compliance Made Simple*
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
MARCH 6, 2007 | Would you know if one of your employees was giving away insider information in a Web chat room? Would you know if a phisher was using your ...
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Managing Compliance in a Multi-Regulatory World
IT-Observer - USA
CobiT has emerged as a popular framework for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, FFIEC is used as a de-facto specification for GLBA compliance initiatives, ...
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WEBINAR: PCI Compliance Made Simple*
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
Although respondents to the Ponemon study said that responsibility for identity compliance is shared across business groups, IT, and audit/compliance groups ...
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nCircle Among First to Launch Certified PCI Scan Service Based on ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
"The new nCircle Certified PCI Scan Service will help merchants and service providers worldwide ensure their compliance with the latest PCI standard to ...
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ControlCase Releases Free PCI Compliance Software, ControlCase ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
We look at this as a major milestone as companies struggle with the cost and complexity of becoming and sustaining PCI compliance.” ...
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AlertSite Joins Forces With Sunera to Provide Complete Payment ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The PCI compliance and security scanning solution announced today ensures the confidentiality, integrity and availability of cardholder data while ...
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INS Approved to Perform PCI Audits in Europe
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
A complete description of INS PCI compliance services can be found at http://www.ins.com/solutions/technical/default.aspx?id=1989. ...
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AlertSite Joins Forces With Sunera to Provide Complete Payment ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Solution enables merchants and credit card service providers to achieve and maintain PCI compliance COCONUT CREEK, Fla., Feb. ...
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Cambia Security Launches PCI Partner Ecosystem
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
PCI compliance requires a holistic approach to configuration auditing and data integrity,” said Joan Herbig, chief executive officer for Cambia Security. ...
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WEBINAR: PCI Compliance Made Simple*
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
When the flood of trojans, worms, and viruses assaulting your desktop workstation finally gave you a massive case of the cyber heebie-jeebies, ...
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Forrester Research and LogLogic Host February 21st Webcast on PCI
The Open Press (press release) - USA
LogLogic and will give real world examples of companies successfully implementing PCI compliance procedures. The Webcast will be moderated by Ericka ...
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RSA: PCI standard, a work in progress, gets the buzz
Computerworld Malaysia - Malaysia
They are also calls for more clarity on how the PCI council plans to enforce rules compliance. Overall, PCI is leaving the payment industry better off than ...

Navigating a Course to the PCI Safe Harbour
Retail Bulletin - Croydon,UK
Specialist organisations such as The Logic Group can help retailers to achieve this, ensuring the company passes QSA testing and achieves PCI compliance, ...

Ingenico terminals obtain PCI PIN Entry Device approval
Finextra (press release) - UK
"These new approvals are a demonstration of Ingenico's expertise in terms of payment security and certify the compliance of its terminals with the highest ...

Cloakware Position Paper Delivers Comprehensive Password ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The ability to deliver both preventive and detective controls that contribute to PCI DSS compliance is critical in today’s environment of increased ...

PCI compliance eased
IT Week - London,UK
A new industry alliance has officially launched today with the aim of educating firms on the requirements and the value of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) ...

Security Appliance meets payment card industry standards.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The appliance also includes a certified rule set for PCI compliance. "The early success of the ModSecurity Pro M1000 is testament to the fast growing need ...

Data Security Firms Establish PCI Security Vendor Alliance New ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
PCI SVA members, all with strong experience in delivering PCI compliance solutions to thousands of customers, will leverage this knowledge to support and ...

Rapid7 Launches Security Scanning Portal For PCI (Payment Card ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Designed to meet the security requirements of all credit card companies, the Rapid7 PCI Compliance Portal uses NeXpose, Rapid7’s award-winning vulnerability ...

Tablus Partners With VeriSign to Provide PCI Auditing and Scanning ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
VeriSign is an authorized security assessor for PCI Compliance to assist merchants and service providers with required annual audits. ...
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Cloakware Position Paper Delivers Comprehensive Password ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Cloakware developed this position paper not only to dispel myths associated with PCI compliance but also to enable organizations to implement the ...
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TJX Stored Customer Data, Violated Visa Payment Rules
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
"The initiative's goal is to eradicate the storage of full-track data, CVV2 and PIN data, and grow PCI compliance among this group of merchants," Visa said ...

VanguardMS Selects Voyence to Rollout New PCI Compliance Services
CM Crossroads (press release) - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
“It’s critical for us to offer our clients a level of service that can help them meet PCI standards and maintain compliance within those regulations,” said ...
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Retailers must check for PCI standards compliance
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
... are among those that can determine if an unauthorized wireless device is connected to your wired network, which is one measure of PCI compliance. ...

New Clock Recovery Instrument from Tektronix for High Speed ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
... characterization and compliance testing simple, repeatable, and precise. Many serial standards, such as SATA, PCI Express, Ethernet (802.3ap, 802.3aq, ...

Building Better Businesses - Protegrity Joins the PCI Security ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
For more information, or to speak with a Protegrity executive about the business benefits of PCI DSS compliance please contact e-mail protected from spam ...
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IT, Security and the Legalese of Compliance
Enterprise IT Planet - Darien,CT,USA
Let’s face it. The way the law is written today, no one is afraid of being sued for PCI compliance. Why? For one, the litigation end of PCI is still in its ...

Altera's FPGAs Are First to Demonstrate Support for PCI Express 2.0
Earthtimes.org - USA
Altera demonstrations showcase 5-GT/s PCIe 2.0 compliance using the Stratix II GX-based PLDA XpressGXII prototyping board. In another demonstration, Stratix ...

ControlScan and Superior Commerce have Partnered to Offer ...
webhostdir.com - Bournemouth,Dorset,UK
PCI Compliance applies to all companies that accept process and or store credit card information. Failure to comply can result in strict fines and the loss ...

TNS Smart Network renews PCI compliance
ATM marketplace.com (press release) - Louisville,KY,USA
"TNS' ongoing PCI compliance under Level 1 requirements just reinforces our commitment to ensuring the safety of all cardholder transactions at ATMs ...

Tomax Retail.net® Facilitates PCI Compliance at 24 Hour Fitness
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... enabling enterprisewide PCI compliance with Visa USA Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) as validated against the Payment Application Best ...

Compliance legislation: lack of enforcement or lack of solutions?
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
So far, I've just not been that impressed and maybe that is why compliance vendors are wondering "how little market demand there is for HIPAA and PCI ...

Are all of these compliance regulations productive?
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
That’s when compliance with specific sections of PCI or HIPAA comes in handy. We are now on the threshold of more regulations. ...

RentPayment Completes PCI Audit; Recognized as Level 1 Service ...
The Open Press (press release) - USA
... that have attained compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard and the Visa Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP). ...

Card Association rules and regs 2007: Get ready for scrutiny By ...
Green Sheet - Rohnert Park,CA,USA
The new effort, which Visa calls the Visa PCI Compliance Acceleration Program (PCI CAP), provides positive reinforcement to the industry's traditional ...

Visa introduces $20m acquirer incentive programme for PCI ...
Finextra - UK
... The aim of the programme is to stop merchants storing credit card data - including PINs, and increase PCI compliance. The company ...

Visa USA Pledges $20 Million in Incentives to Protect Cardholder ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The new effort, called the Visa PCI Compliance Acceleration Program (PCI CAP), is the first of its kind to provide positive reinforcement to the industry’s ...

Visa USA adds financial incentives, fines to PCI program
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... Visa's new Visa PCI Compliance Acceleration Program is designed to spur entities that are covered by PCI rules to comply in a speedy fashion, said Jennifer ...

Visa Announces PCI Compliance Carrots to Go Along With Sticks
Digital Transactions - Hoffman Estates,IL,USA
... Another component of the new set of compliance measures, which collectively Visa calls its PCI compliance acceleration program (PCI CAP), involves the pricing ...

NetClarity Receives ASV Certification by the PCI Security ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... "We are pleased to have a growing retail customer base who want to be more proactive about network security and PCI compliance.". ...

Visa offers incentive for payment card industry compliance
Ovum - London,England,UK
Merchants will have to validate their payment card industry (PCI) compliance by the end of August 2007 in order for them and their acquiring institutions to ...

Card Associations get aggressive on PCI enforcement
Green Sheet - Rohnert Park,CA,USA
... ISOs that do not store, process or transmit cardholder data are not required to validate PCI compliance; agents registered with Visa that do perform any of ...

PCI, HIPAA, SOX: Is Compliance the Tail Wagging the Dog?
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... PCI, SOX, HIPAA, and other mandates are narrowing the gap between security and compliance. The PCI Data Security Standard 1.1 released ...

Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs Achieve PCI Express Compliance - World's ...
Design and Reuse (press release) - Paris,France
This the first time the PCI-SIG, which controls PCI Express compliance, conducted a workshop to test for v1.1 compliance. Xilinx continues at the forefront ...

XSI Hosting Launches Online Services, Offers Hosting, PCI Compliance
W3Reports (press release) - USA
PCI Compliance is a security standard required by all major credit card companies which must be met in order to process credit cards. ...
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SOX Compliance for SMBs Web Conference
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The Ecora solutions dive even further with its powerful insight to help you prove and report on adherence to industry standards-such as PCI and SAS 70. ...

Industry Update
Green Sheet - Rohnert Park,CA,USA
Visa will create an incentive fund payable to the acquiring financial institutions (FIs) of the largest US merchants who validate PCI compliance by Aug. ...

PCMCIA Shows Latest Wave of ExpressCard Products at CES
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
"We continue to see growth in the adoption of this technology as developers capitalize on the technology's faster performance capabilities using PCI Express ...

T-Base Communications attains PCI Compliance - A First for the ...
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) - Canada
This award of PCI compliance provides yet another level of assurance. Consumers have become increasingly concerned about data security and the protection of ...

Denali Announces Comprehensive PCIe 2.0 Design and Verification IP ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
Denali's PureSpec verification IP software for PCI Express is the most widely used solution for verifying functionality, compliance and interoperability of ...

VanguardMS and igxglobal, inc. Team to Launch PCI-COMPLY Services ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
According to Barry Johnson, Director of Risk Mitigation at igxglobal, PCI compliance is a multi-step process. "The industry's security standards are quite ...
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Aruba Networks to Sponsor Presentation by Retail Industry Data ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
Attendees will also receive the Aruba Networks' "PCI Primer: The Path to Compliance," with guidelines and information to support a PCI compliance strategy. ...

Aruba Networks Introduces Integrated Retail Mobility Solution
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Aruba Mobility System Gives Retailers a Cost-Effective Solution for PCI Compliance; Delivers Legacy Investment Protection Mobility Provider to Showcase New ...
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Stratus Teams with Solidcore to Deliver First managed Change ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Solidcore to quickly and easily generate and provide compliance reports to customers for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) or Payment Card Industry (PCI) audits. ...
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Imperva Presents Free Webinar on Cutting Costs of PCI Compliance
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Mr. Shulman will also present strategies for achieving PCI compliance without modifying your existing infrastructure or adding IT personnel. ...

Card standards ignored
Computing - London,UK
... He cited a recent Bee Ware research, which revealed that less than 10 percent of local councils knew what PCI 1.1 compliance entailed. ...
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Implementing Enterprise Data Security and Meeting Compliance ...
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
... where appropriate, with other projects ongoing at XYZ Company including (but not limited to) Data Protection Strategy, GLBA Remediation and PCI Compliance.

The PCI Noose is Tightening
IT Management - Darien,CT,USA
... Use the time to get a plan together to meet compliance because one thing is for sure, PCI/CISP is not going away and they will be knocking at your door sooner ...

Merchant Link Launches TransactionVault(TM), an Innovative POS ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
... Known as PCI-DSS compliance, these standards are applicable to any business, regardless of size, that accepts a payment card and there can be significant fines ...

Call Logging Software Now Available with Encryption for PCI ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Coordinated Systems, Inc., of East Hartford, CT, is pleased to announce the latest update to the Virtual Observer 3.0 Call Logger, a total call recording ...

Visa's Xmas wish-list: PCI compliance
Computerworld Australia - Australia
... Visa Australia has urged credit card merchants to become Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant by Christmas, or risk falling victim to fraud. ...

Compliance Progress Survey
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... to the Compliance Progress Survey, companies report that their processes for managing compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, and PCI are still ...

Highpoint 1740 SATA-II Controller - PCI isn't Dead yet
nForcersHQ.com - USA
... especially in a RAID array due to the limited bandwidth of PCI, it’s the first PCI based solution we have seen to offer SATA 2.5 compliance, which gives you ...

Call Logging Software Attains PCI Compliance
Xtvworld (press release) - India
Coordinated Systems, Inc. announced the latest update to the Virtual Observer 3.0 Call Logger, a total call recording solution with ...

New council advances PCI
Green Sheet - Rohnert Park,CA,USA
... Compliance Services for GreenSoft Solutions Inc. GSI is a hosted-data service provider audited and certified for PCI compliance. ...

Proactively Tackling PCI's New Application Security Requirements
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... Customers are empowered to satisfy the new PCI regulations while ... to strategically assist organizations with information security and regulatory compliance. ...

Javien to Power SNOCAP Music Sales
PressZoom (press release) - Amsterdam,Netherlands
... platform integrates with the payment gateways, processors and a variety of third-party providers, securely storing customer data to meet PCI compliance rules. ...

Ecora Announces PCI Compliance Webinar
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Bakman will discuss how to adhere to the PCI standard by automating detailed compliance and best practices reporting, typically used to identify and validate ...

Ingrian partners set to cash in on compliance
Computing - London,UK
... distributor equIP earlier this year to help penetrate the UK channel (CRN, 25 August), legislation such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance laws will ...

Bobsguide - London,UK
... “The merchant community has come a long way over the past twelve months and begun to put the necessary steps in place to achieve PCI compliance,” said Mark ...

Promotions, Pricing and PCI Top Upgrades to CommercialWare’s ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... System enhancements to CWStore that support merchants in the obtainment of PCI compliance have been included, with data security, password access controls, and ...

NetSPI and Blue Lane Partner to Deliver Payment Card Industry (PCI ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... of the Blue Lane PatchPoint System and NetSPI’s evaluation and advisory services, provides organizations with a path to achieve PCI compliance for critical ...

VeriSign and LogLogic: Removing LogJam With PCI Compliance
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... consumer data protection. In fact, PCI Compliance has risen to the top of the IT priority list in 2006. Industry experts examining ...

Data Security Leader, Vormetric Inc. and TruComply Announce Free ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... today announced that it updated its free PCI information Service with TruComply, a security consulting company specializing in PCI Compliance initiatives to ...

Banks 'oblivious' to credit card compliance mandate
Infoworld - Netherlands
... Evans cited examples of NIIT clients who have been thrown into a "mass panic" after receiving correspondence on PCI compliance. ...

Where Data Goes, Security Must Follow
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... data flows within it. The following example illustrates the data flow of a national wholesaler working to achieve PCI compliance. ...

Ingrian Networks Introduces EdgeSecure Designed to Deliver ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... most cost effective and secure hardware-based encryption solution for retailers and banks that need to achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. ...

Paciolan Announces Compliance With Payment Card Industry Data ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... "Paciolan's newly earned PCI compliance assures our clients that their infrastructure adheres to aggressive guidelines set forth by the leading card companies ...

PCI DSS: A Five Step Guide for Gaining PCI Compliance

Step 1: An Introduction to PCI Compliance Step 2: Finding The PCI DSS Merchant, Service and Compliance Level Step 3: Attaining PCI DSS Compliance-Merchant Step 4: Finding a PCI DSS Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) Step 5: Completing the PCI DSS Self Questionnaire
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