Vendors Avoid Penalties, Assure Compliance with the PCI DSS 1.1 Toolkit from Configuresoft.Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) Automates and Continuously Audits Policy-based Configurations Against Updated Credit Card Standards COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo. -- Merchants, service providers and industry stakeholders required to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Security procedures from the PCI Security Standards Council for merchants that accept credit cards online. ) 1.1 by the January deadline can quickly do so with proven, authoritative toolkits issued by Configuresoft. An innovator in systems management technology and the creator of the enterprise Configuration Intelligence[TM] market, Configuresoft today announced the availability of the PCI DSS 1.1 Compliance Toolkit for Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) to help organizations assess their IT infrastructure and ensure compliance with the new standard. Enforcement of the new standard will be more stringent with increased financial penalties for non-compliance and the real threat of credit card acceptance privileges being suspended or revoked. Gartner analysts John Pescatore and Avivah Litan suggest in a September 2006 ITCi article that being proactive toward data breaches holds many advantages for the bottom line. "Protecting customer data is much less expensive than dealing with a security breach in which records are exposed and potentially misused. The Payment Card Industry compliance requirements provide enterprises with good justification to increase data protection." Introduced in September 2006, the PCI DSS 1.1 will take effect in January 2007 and establishes tighter requirements for securing financial information and ensuring compliance. Configuresoft's Center for Policy & Compliance (CP&C) issued the PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Compliance Toolkit for ECM to enable customers to assess and meet the compliance standards. The toolkits benefit vendors and merchants with: * Comprehensive Knowledge: all six major security standard sections; * Accelerated Time to Value: "Drop & Deploy" approach reduces implementation time to minutes; * Heterogeneous Compliance: coverage extends across Windows, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Linux systems. "On the surface, the credit card industry appears to be going in the right direction, and the Configuresoft CP&C applauds its diligence to get vendors and merchants to step up their efforts in securing sensitive credit card information," said Chris Farrow farrow see farrowing. , director of the Configuresoft CP&C. "It has more teeth than regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley or HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, because companies cannot afford to relinquish their ability to accept credit cards as payment. Our toolkits ensure that organizations meet the standards for PCI DSS 1.1 compliance, and help keep their customers' data secure and auditors off their backs." More information about the Configuresoft PCI DSS 1.1 toolkits is available at: www.configuresoft.com/Solutions/pciDss.aspx. About Configuresoft's Center for Policy & Compliance The Center for Policy & Compliance team, which is comprised of policy experts, former auditors and early contributors to the Federal mandates and standards, have prepared a comprehensive series of automated checks and controls that include access control, audit control and access change monitoring. By translating regulatory issues and best practices into measurable criteria, this toolkit will help an organization meet its automated strategy for the new PCI DSS standards. About Configuresoft Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, delivering the enterprise Configuration Intelligence[TM] to effectively and efficiently manage today's heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Spanning both security and operations, the Company's configuration management, compliance and remediation products are used by 12 of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA Federal Information System Management Act , GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999) GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve , Basel II, HIPAA and DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. , and industry standards such as ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 27001, PCI DSS and Microsoft Security Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) U-CONFIG or visit www.configuresoft.com. |
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