Palisade Systems Announces First Security Compliance Product to Meet New Security Rules Set by MasterCard and Visa's PCI Data Security Standard
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AMES, Iowa, Aug. 8 / - Palisade Systems, a leading provider of content and network security appliances, announced today its new PacketSure PCI appliance, the first product specifically designed and developed for organizations that will have to comply with new security rules that will be outlined soon by MasterCard International® and Visa USA's® Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. On July 7, 2006, Visa USA and MasterCard International announced that new application security policies would be added to the PCI Data Security Standard within the next thirty to sixty days to better protect consumers' sensitive data. Palisade's PacketSure PCI appliance is the industry's first turn-key product to address these upcoming security policies by eliminating unwanted applications being used on an organization's network, ensuring that only authorized protocols be used to transfer PCI data.
The new PCI rules, which will be announced no later than mid-September, 2006, will address application level security because of emerging threats targeting application vulnerabilities. In addition, the new rules will require third parties to establish controls for ensuring credit card data security. Companies not in compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard could be fined or lose the privilege of processing credit cards.
"Visa and MasterCard are requiring new security measures to protect their card holders, that as a consumer you would expect from a card provider," said Kurt Shedenhelm, president and CEO of Palisade Systems. "PacketSure PCI will meet the new application security rules set by Visa and MasterCard by providing multi-level security functionality that offers application monitoring and blocking through credit card content monitoring and blocking."
PacketSure PCI provides an additional layer of security on authorized network protocols by analyzing the data within the packets that travel across the network. This additional layer will provide unprecedented security and compliance to the revised PCI Data Security Standard.
Organizations such as the Houston Texans NFL(TM) Team, Blue Cross Blue Shield® of Arkansas and Prudential Americana Group Realtors® have implemented PacketSure's multiple functionality appliance to eliminate unwanted web-site access and applications on the network, increase network bandwidth, and guard against intellectual property and consumer data theft.
About Palisade Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Palisade Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of enterprise content security and data protection solutions with over 500 customers across North America and Europe. Palisade security appliances help organizations proactively secure intellectual property and private client information from leaking outside the network, define and enforce access to internal network resources, and enforce compliance with federal privacy and industry security regulations. Palisade Systems customers include prominent clients in healthcare, financial services, insurance industries, along with universities and school districts. For more information, please visit www.palisadesys.com/ or contact Palisade's sales department at 1.888.824.0720.
Source: Palisade Systems, Inc.
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