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The QSA designation means that SecureWorks is now qualified to assess anorganization's compliance to 12 requirements known as the PCI Data SecurityStandards (DSS), which were updated in 2006. Banks, merchants, credit cardprocessors, hosting providers and any other organizations that, store, processor transmit cardholder data are mandated to be compliant with the PCI DSS.
SecureWorks is also an authorized scanning vendor (ASV) and has been fornearly two years. It is another designation by the PCI Standards SecurityCouncil. The company is fully certified to provide vulnerability scanning.Organizations are required to undergo quarterly scans of all internal andexternal assets that interact with credit card data, and SecureWorks has beeneffectively reviewing scan results to identify any issues that organizationsmay need to correct for compliance purposes.
"Organizations across the board are having to demonstrate that they arecompliant with the PCI Data Security Standards. The standards don't justpertain to retailers and financial institutions, it affects utility companies,healthcare organizations -any entity storing, transmitting or processingcredit card data," said Erik Petersen, vice president of Professional Servicesat SecureWorks. "Compliance continues to be one of the driving forcesmotivating organizations to tighten up loop holes in their informationsecurity, and although the PCI Standards Council will not penalize you fornon-compliance, credit card processors might implement financial or usagepenalties. In addition, data breaches are also a concern. If an organizationdoes not put the proper information security measures in place, they run therisk of being compromised. This can be costly, both financially and from areputational perspective."
About SecureWorks
With over 2,000 clients, SecureWorks is the leading security servicesprovider safeguarding more organizations than any other vendor. SecureWorksprovides the most effective security services by leveraging our integratedsecurity management platform, advanced security research and 100 percent GIACcertified experts. SecureWorks also won SC Magazine's MSSP of the Year 2006 &2007, Best Intrusion Prevention 2006 and has been consistently named to theInc 500 and Deloitte & Touche lists of fastest-growing companies.As a QSA, SecureWorks provides the following services: -- Quarterly/monthly external scanning -- Quarterly internal scanning -- Network Penetration testing -- Annual onsite audit/ report on compliance -- PCI design and scope advisory services -- Self-assessment questionnaire review and compliance assessment -- Remediation services and solutions -- Technical support -- Incident and forensic response
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