LinuxIT Europe launches PCI Data Security Standard compliance service
Jan 31st, 00:23 UTC
LinuxIT Europe has today announced that its award winning remote management and monitoring service VitalSigns24 now features a complete PCI DSS compliance service for Windows, UNIX and Linux environments. London, UK, 30th January 2007 - LinuxIT Europe has today announced that its award winning remote management and monitoring service VitalSigns24 now features a complete PCI DSS compliance service for Windows, UNIX and Linux environments.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a unified security standard that governs the safekeeping of cardholder information throughout any transaction. The multifaceted Standard applies to any merchant or service provider that stores, processes or transmits cardholder account and/or transaction information, and includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures.
A new version of the Standard has come into force at the beginning of 2007, and from September, businesses that are not compliant face large fines.
With LinuxIT's VitalSigns24 service, on-line merchants can now benefit from a complete set of services that will lead to the annually required compliance certification, helping them to proactively protect customer account data.
In a first phase, certified LinuxIT security experts will scope the requirements, analyse the merchant's existing e-commerce solutions, and evaluate the procedures that are in place to deal with security issues.
A second phase will see the merchant's web sites scanned and potential security breaches highlighted and removed until full compliance is achieved.
Richard Loxley, LinuxIT Europe's Security Services Manager explained: "The theft of credit card and confidential information has become such a significant threat in today's marketplace that we felt we had to expand our management and monitoring solution to help protect consumers, merchants, and businesses. We are excited to be offering this service and to be able to facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis."
For more information, visit www.linuxit.com
(Submitted by Derek Raynor of LinuxIT)
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