SecureState LLC adds ANSI X9/TG-3 Certification to Their Comprehensive Suite of Security Solutions.CLEVELAND -- SecureState LLC (SecureState), a premier provider of information security assessment & protection solutions, today announced the addition of ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. X9/TG-3 Certification to their comprehensive suite of Security Solutions. SecureState received TG-3 Audit Certification on June 21, 2006. TG-3 certification is approved by Star, NYCE See New York Cotton Exchange. NYCE See New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE). and Pulse EFT Networks and the qualifies SecureState to perform TG-3 audits for financial institutions that offer debit transactions through ATM / POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale terminals or offer services that directly or indirectly effect processing of PIN's used in debit transactions. Billions of PIN activated transactions are switched through shared ATM and POS networks each year. With each interchange transaction, the security of the customer's PIN is under the control of as many as eight or more processing entities. As the number of organizations involved increases, so does the risk! "We are very excited to be able to provide organizations with TG-3 audits and though designed for banks and ATM's using 3DES and manual loading of keys, the standard has been modified to cover POS systems that most retail merchants use. And now, manufacturers are being audited for equipment and processes if they preload preload /pre·load/ (pre´lod) the mechanical state of the heart at the end of diastole, the magnitude of the maximal (end-diastolic) ventricular volume or the end-diastolic pressure stretching the ventricles. devices for clients. This has strengthened our position within the compliance services space!", stated Ken Stasiak, Principal of SecureState. As such, the standard includes technologies like DUKPT DUKPT Derived Unique Key Per Transaction (derived unique key per transaction In cryptography, Derived Unique Key Per Transaction (DUKPT) is a key management scheme in which for every transaction, a unique key is used which is derived from a fixed key. ) management for POS systems and remote key loading for ATM's using PKI (public key infrastructure). For more information visit us at www.securestate.com. About SecureState: SecureState LLC is a woman-owned SBA certified 8(a) small business and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Services such as data forensics, Information Security Risk Assessments (INFOSEC) and Vulnerability Testing are at the core of SecureState's comprehensive security suite. SecureState is also the only company in Ohio qualified to perform onsite compliance validation assessments in accordance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). ) Data Security Standard (DSS). In addition, all SecureState engineers involved in information security consulting undergo and maintain both government and commercial background investigations. |
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