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Secure Credit Card Handling in Unified Communications Deployments Enabled by Sipera Systems and TrustNet

(June 24, 2009) - Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) security, announced a collaboration with TrustNet to heighten the secure handling of credit card data in enterprises that are deploying VoIP and Unified Communications while complying with the industry standard for payment card security.Enterprises in a range of industries are adopting UC, which includes voice, video, IM, collaboration and other real-time communications traversing converged infrastructures. UC and VoIP offer dramatic cost savings and new modes of interaction among customers, partners, employees and the supply chain. But with UC and VoIP, these communications now share many of the same data networks and resources that are used for carrying credit card data and transaction information. As a result, enterprises must carefully evaluate the security posture of these networks and communications, especially if they seek to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

TrustNet is a PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessor, providing guidance and assessment services to enterprises seeking to achieve PCI DSS compliance. Sipera's security appliances provide comprehensive security and control over VoIP and UC, and its VIPER Lab provides VoIP and UC security assessment services.

Together, Sipera and TrustNet offer enterprises both the guidance and functionality to ensure that their VoIP and UC implementations are consistent with security best practices and support their efforts to achieve and maintain PCI DSS compliance. Without addressing the new security challenges of the evolving communications infrastructure, enterprises put themselves at risk for payment card data theft, compromised transaction privacy, and loss of consumer trust.

"We are pleased to help our clients achieve highly effective security practices and to ensure the safety of payment card data in compliance with PCI DSS," said Trevor Horwitz, Principal at TrustNet. "Many enterprises are now taking advantage of revolutionary communications technologies represented by VoIP and UC. We are working with Sipera to help enterprises navigate the transformation to VoIP and UC while maintaining the right security posture to safeguard consumer data."


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