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ControlScan Merchants Can Rest Easier on PCI Issues

Michael Garrity — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT

ControlScan, a provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security services for small and medium-sized online businesses, has announced its purchase of cloud-based secure payments solution CRE Secure.

The acquisition will allow ControlScan to considerably reduce the "scope" of PCI.

CRE Secure was already a level-one PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) certified service provider. It gives users a hosted payment page powered by patent-pending HTML cloning technology for a consistent consumer experience, and a secure e-commerce solution for merchants that is PCI-compliant.

By combining an already PCI-compliant object, such as a credit card form, with a merchant’s site template, merchant’s can simplify the compliance process by outsourcing consumer payment data to CRE Secure, putting their website out of the scope of PCI regulations, since it will not actually store, process or transmit cardholder information. This allows them to host their site wherever they want and save a lot of money on those annual PCI scans.

CRE Secure is based on a unified technology that utilizes a single cloud-based system to support a merchant’s payment channels, which includes everything from online, mobile and even mail/telephone orders. E-commerce sites can even take advantage of plug-ins that allow them to connect with their favorite payment processors and existing solutions, to create a seamless, secure customer experience that is light on the merchant’s wallet, too.

All of this is good news for ControlScan and the merchants who use their services, as CRE Secure technology and existing partnerships will now complement ControlScan solutions, opening up new opportunities in the card-not-present (CNP) space. ControlScan also hopes to build upon the current CRE Secure product.

Firewall Management and PCI Compliance for Small Businesses

Michael Garrity — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:30:00 GMT

For online merchants, especially those that run small businesses, the practice of optimizing your site to be Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant can be headache-inducing.

So, it only adds to the problem with a site owner trys to configure and manage his or her firewall in-house, a practice in which the simplest mistake can result in misconfigured security systems, unnecessary data exposure and increases the risk of your site not meating PCI Data Security Standards (DSS).

But like everything on the Web, there's a solution for that, if you know where to look. In this case, it's ControlScan, the Web's "leading provider of PCI compliance and security solutions designed for small merchants." The company recently added ProTect Network Firewall to its ProTect Managed Security Services suite of solutions.

ProTect Network Firewall will help website owners by managing the installation, administration and monitoring of network firewalls. Best of all, the new offering was built specifically with Level 4 merchants in mind. (For the record, Level 4 merchants are those that have fewer than 20,000 Visa e-commerce transactions a year, all the way up to one million. In other words, the smallest of small businesses.)

Using ProTect Network Firewall from ControlScan will let small business owners rest easily knowing their receiving 24/7 continuous network monitoring and protection from outside threats, and all at an affordable price. The offering will improve a business' overall security posture, ensure that all updates/upgrades are made in a timely manner in accordacne with PCI standards and report on how and by whom a network is used, thus increasing Internet productivity.

Plus, it will help simplify network segmentation, enabling a single network segment to communicate with the payment processor. This act that helps smaller merchants by reducing the scope of PCI compliance and allows merchants to offer customer benefits without potentially exposing cardholder data to theft.

ControlScan Offering PCI Compliance Services

Linc Wonham — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:00:00 GMT

ControlScan, a leading provider of PCI compliance solutions specifically designed for small to mid-sized merchants, is now offering security consulting services to make planning, achieving and maintaining PCI compliance simple and straightforward.

“Our expanded security consulting services bring added confidence that each business we work with is correctly interpreting the PCI DSS and taking the proper actions to achieve and maintain compliance, whether they are service providers, ISOs and acquirers serving Level 4 merchants or merchants themselves,” says ControlScan CEO Joan Herbig. “These services reduce overall risk associated with payment card processing within a merchant portfolio or business.”

ControlScan’s security consulting services are divided into two focus areas. The security assessment services ensure solutions are in place and policies and procedures exist in order to satisfy the PCI DSS. The company’s security engineering services provide technical testing and guidance to clients.

ControlScan’s security consulting services are supported by a team of qualified security assessors (QSAs) and security consultants with more than 20 years experience delivering PCI advisory and remediation services.

Visit ControlScan for more information on the company’s security consulting services.

Encore, ControlScan Protect Data

MaureenA — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:45:00 GMT

Encore Payment Systems has partnered with ControlScan to ensure merchants are meeting the new PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). The standards, established by the PCI Security Standards Council, must be met by all organizations that deal with cardholder information and was established to protect sensitive data. The partnership will provide training and certification for merchants using the Encore platform.

Jethro Felton, executive vice president of sales and business development, ControlScan, sees the partnership as a huge plus for Encore and its merchants. "By utilizing ControlScan's PCI compliance solutions as part of their overall offering, Encore Payments will help their merchant community become secure, thereby ensuring that they meet all private and public regulatory requirements by protecting all cardholder data," Felton was quoted in the release.

In October, Website Magazine reported that each lead generated to Encore provides a $20 commission, and utilizes credit/debit processing. So, protecting all data is a good idea.

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