PCI Compliance: Tripwire Leads The Way To PCI Compliance

December 31^st marks the date that all level one and level two merchants must reach PCI compliance or face steep monetary penalties. Helping ensure merchants and consumers alike understand the importance of the PCI Data Security Standard, Tripwire has implemented an aggressive three-tiered approach to promoting PCI awareness through customer education, partnerships with leading technology and financial organizations, and through involvement in national organizations.

"AMR Research is in the process of conducting comprehensive research to analyze retailer readiness, organizational accountability, and ongoing costs for security and compliance. With PCI deadlines looming for level one and level two merchants, tools to help monitor intrusions and establish tight access controls are a necessity," said Robert Garf, research director at AMR Research.

Tripwire is active in multiple PCI-related organizations including the PCI Security Standards Council and the PCI Security Vendor Alliance, two global organizations whose mission it is to enhance payment account data security by fostering broad adoption of the PCI Data Security Standards and helping secure sensitive or confidential cardholder data. Tripwire has also built strong relationships around PCI with leading financial and technology organizations including: Ambiron TrustWave, BMC Software, Bearing Point, and Protiviti. These partnerships provide a clearer view for retailers to the importance of enabling continuous PCI compliance, reducing security exposure, and allowing businesses to focus on driving efficiencies and innovation.

Leveraging its market leading Configuration Audit and Control technology, Tripwire Enterprise has helped many customers like VML and GSI, InStoreCard, and Stamps.com establish PCI compliance. Tripwire is educating customers with a PCI Resource Center unique with background, case studies, pod casts and management papers.

"Our customers have been coming to us since 2004, when PCI made its first appearance, to see if we could help - we didn't disappoint," said Stephanie Bridges, Tripwire PCI Solutions Expert. "Configuration Audit and Control is the perfect solution for monitoring intrusions and identifying susceptible areas like merchant POS systems. Tripwire is able to establish tight change controls where necessary, and in the end, save our end-users thousands of dollars in fines by helping them validate PCI compliance, and keeping them in the good faith of their most important assets: the consumers who do business with them."

About Tripwire, Inc.
Tripwire, Inc. is the recognized leader of configuration audit and control solutions, serving over 5,000 enterprises worldwide. Tripwire enables IT to control risk and increase operational efficiency through its advanced configuration audit and control solutions that detect and analyze all configuration events across the IT infrastructure. Global enterprises rely on Tripwire to strengthen their compliance and security, reduce unplanned work, increase availability, and accelerate success with CMDB initiatives. Tripwire is headquartered in Portland, Ore. with offices in the UK and Japan. For more information visit: www.tripwire.com.

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