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SECURITY INNOVATION BECOMES AN APPROVED SCANNING VENDOR (ASV)
FOR PCI COMPLIANCE AND AUDIT
Wilmington, MA - September 14, 2007 - Security Innovation, the
authority on application security and leading independent provider of
risk assessment, risk mitigation and training services, today announced
it is certified as an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) for the Payment
Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Already a QSA (qualified
security assessor), this additional certification enables Security
Innovation not only validate compliance to the PCI security standard,
but more importantly help organizations build sustainable compliance and
security programs - addressing both their immediate needs, as well as
any systemic issues with their people, policies, and technology.
“The role of application security has and will continue to increase due
to the prevalence of attacks and breaches at the application layer, and
this is Security Innovation’s strongest area of experience and skills,”
said Michael Gavin, security strategist of Security Innovation. “Since
PCI compliance requires both an annual audit and quarterly scans, our
customers are able to work with one vendor for all of their PCI DSS
needs. Furthermore, as our customers’ trusted advisor, we help them to
understand and address PCI compliance as a business issue. As with many
of our other consulting offerings, we take a risk management approach to
improving the customer’s security posture, and to helping them create a
sustainable PCI compliance initiative, as opposed to taking a narrower
or heavily technology-biased view.”
The PCI DSS includes policies relating to procedures, network
architecture, software design, data handling and other critical
protective measures. These policies ensure that all organizations that
manage credit card information do so in a responsible and secure manner.
PCI compliance is required of all merchants and service providers that
store, process or transmit cardholder data.
Security Innovation’s PCI Compliance Services is an extension of its
security program offerings. With specific readiness solutions to help
companies become compliant, and continuing services after compliance is
achieved, Security Innovation enables companies to fine-tune their
security practices and streamline PCI activities, reducing costs and
time investments.
About Security Innovation
Security Innovation is an authority on application security and
leading independent provider of Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation and
Education services to Fortune/Global 500 and mid-size companies. The
world’s dominant technology vendors, elite financial institutions and
enterprise IT organizations, such as Microsoft, Sony, GE, ING, FedEx,
Visa and Symantec, trust our expertise to understand the security risks
in their application development framework and facilitate the software
and process change necessary to mitigate these risks. Security
Innovation is headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., with offices in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Seattle, Wash. For more information about
Security Innovation, visit www.securityinnovation.com or call
+1.978.694.1008.
Contacts
Davida Dinerman or Nicole Glidden
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(781) 684-0770
sisecure@schwartz-pr.com
