Covelight Systems Enhances Security Features for Flagship Percept Privacy Protection and Fraud Management System; User Audit Data and Reports Now Encrypted for PCI-Compliant Installations.CARY, N.C. -- Covelight Systems, an innovator of solutions for privacy protection and fraud management, today announced the availability of Covelight Percept percept /per·cept/ (per´sept?) the object perceived; the mental image of an object in space perceived by the senses. per·cept n. 1. The object of perception. 2. 2.6, now supporting the Payment Card Industry's (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). ) data encryption requirements. The Covelight Systems Percept Privacy & Fraud Management System is a self-contained appliance that monitors Web application traffic, tracks each individual user, and compares individual user activity with individual and group norms to detect policy violations and suspicious activities as they occur. It also continuously audits user activity for regulatory compliance, and provides forensic data for incident investigation. New with Percept 2.6: --Sensitive onboard forensic data is encrypted using AES 256. The encrypted data includes all transaction records and local copies of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. private keys. --Reports may now be created using optional password-protected encryption to protect the sensitive information they may contain. "Percept 2.6 stands out as a unique solution to TrueCredit because it provides monitoring in real-time at the application level and provides more actionable intelligence than what is available with traditional IDS solutions," said Scott Metzger, chief technology officer of TrueCredit, a division of TransUnion, who uses Percept for their customer service application. "This is specifically relevant for managing risk with insiders." Percept encrypts forensic data on the appliance using the AES 256 CBC (1) (Cell Broadcast Center) See cell broadcast. (2) (Cipher Block Chaining) In cryptography, a mode of operation that combines the ciphertext of one block with the plaintext of the next block. cipher suite. The advanced encryption standard (cryptography, algorithm) Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. (AES) was adopted by the U.S. NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. (National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. ) in November of 2001, and since 2003, has been approved by the US National Security Administration for the protection of classified information. Percept 2.6 is available immediately. Covelight Systems is the technology leader in privacy protection and fraud management for Web applications, and offers the only product with the capability to detect identity fraud, account fraud, insider misconduct and hacker attacks. For additional information about Covelight's products and services, visit: www.covelight.com. |
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