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Fusepoint Becomes Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard Complianct

(Nov 28, 2007)--Fusepoint Managed Services, provider of outsourced IT services and infrastructure, announced it has become Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant, as confirmed by Visa's Cardholder Information Security Program. Fusepoint now joins a select group of vendors to receive this designation and is one of very few managed hosting providers in Canada to be approved.

PCI DSS is a data protection standard created by the payment card industry that aims to secure credit cardholder information wherever it resides. PCI DSS applies to organizations that store, process or transmit
cardholder information, and outlines steps that merchants and service providers must take to achieve compliance. Noncompliance can be costly, as companies that do not meet PCI's 12 requirements run the risk of not being able to conduct business with leading credit card companies including Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

To meet PCI compliance standards, companies doing business with the payment card industry must prove they are taking a wide range of data protection measures. Precautions range from what should be standard for most businesses including the installation and maintenance of a firewall and regularly updating anti-virus software, to more specialized network tracking, monitoring, and security infrastructure testing. Fusepoint worked with Visa's Cardholder Information Security Program to complete the compliance audit.

"Many of the IT requirements in the PCI data security standard are simply good business practices that protect your customers, your brand, and your bottom line," says George Kerns, President and CEO, Fusepoint Managed Services. "Fusepoint takes a proactive stance when it comes to all matters related to compliance. We recognize that our customers can enjoy the peace of mind in knowing we adhere to the highest security standards, allowing them to focus on running their own businesses."

Fusepoint has achieved the highest level of PCI compliance for service providers supporting Tier 1 merchants - retailers that process over six million transactions per year - that typically require the services of a managed hosting provider to ensure the infrastructure that processes credit card information is secure.

"As a leading provider of automated payment solutions for the North American parking industry, Digital Payment Technologies is required to be PCI compliant as a level 1 service provider. To facilitate this in the best manner possible, we use a managed hosting provider that is also Tier 1 PCI compliant" said Christopher MacPhail, CTO, Digital Payment Technologies. "Customers undergoing PCI compliance demand that sensitive credit card data be secureright from the point of sale terminal on through my upstream providers. With Fusepoint, I have that guarantee."

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