Arsenal Security Group Partners with MasterCard in PCI Merchant
Education Program
New Initiative Provides Comprehensive,
Interactive Approach to Educating Merchants on the Payment
Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Michael Walter of Arsenal Security
Group to Present Information on Preparing for a Successful
PCI Assessment: Lessons from the Field in an Upcoming Webinar
Session
XX, DATE XX, 2007 - Arsenal Security Group today announced
its participation in MasterCard’s new PCI Merchant Education
Program, a comprehensive program that offers practical education
and training for merchants to better their understanding of
PCI DSS. The program includes interactive sessions with industry
security experts. Michael Walter of Arsenal Security Group
will present information on Preparing for a Successful PCI
Assessment: Lessons from the Field in an upcoming Webinar
session that will be available to merchants and other industry
professionals on October 15, 2007.
“Arsenal Security Group is working with MasterCard
and other leading security vendors, forensics investigators
and various security professionals throughout the payment
card industry to develop insightful modules that educate merchants
and encourage broader adoption of the PCI Data Security Standard,”
said Michael Walter, Senior Partner at Arsenal Security Group.
“We are proud to partner with MasterCard in this important
program and present valuable information in the upcoming PCI
Merchant Education Webinar.”
As a part of its broad Security Leadership Initiative, MasterCard
and its partners have developed a series of customizable,
interactive modules and team with acquiring bank members to
develop training sessions and materials tailored to their
merchants. The on-demand Webinar series includes pre-recorded
content available through an online interface that can be
viewed as the merchant’s schedule permits.
The PCI DSS sets forth requirements for enhancing payment
account data security. Developed by MasterCard and the other
founding payment brands that comprise the PCI Security Standards
Council, the DSS is intended to help organizations protect
payment account data. The multifaceted security standard includes
requirements for security management, policies, procedures,
network architecture, software design and other critical protective
measures.
“Educating merchants and encouraging broader adoption
of the PCI Data Security Standard is essential to ensuring
the integrity of payment data,” said Joshua Peirez,
Chief Payment System Integrity Officer at MasterCard Worldwide.
“This new program is the latest component in our collaborative
efforts to help protect our customers from data theft and
fraud and help facilitate the global implementation of consistent
data security measures.”
In addition to the PCI Merchant Education Program, MasterCard’s
broad Security Leadership Initiative includes Academy of Risk
Management (ARM) courses, online seminars and conferences,
the annual Global Risk Management Symposium (GRMS), educational
materials and other tools to help secure the payments system
and promote commerce worldwide. More information on the PCI
Merchant Education Program, ongoing MasterCard security initiatives
and available Webinars, can be found online at www.mastercard.com.
MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing
a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses,
cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor
and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions,
processes over 16 billion transactions each year, and provides
industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial
institution customers and merchants. Through its family of
brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus®,
MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210
countries and territories. For more information, go to www.mastercard.com.
Arsenal Security Group Partners with MasterCard
in PCI Merchant Education Program
Arsenal
Security Group today announced its participation in
MasterCard’s new PCI Merchant Education Program,
a comprehensive program that offers practical education
and training for merchants to better their understanding
of PCI DSS. The program includes interactive sessions
with industry security experts. Michael Walter of Arsenal
Security Group will present information on Preparing
for a Successful PCI Assessment: Lessons from the Field
in an upcoming Webinar session that will be available
to merchants and other industry professionals on October
15, 2007.
5th
Annual Merchant Risk Council Conference
“Partners for Change: Strengthening Risk Management”
- Card-Not-Present Fraud Prevention Conference held
March 12-15, 2007 at Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada.
Arsenal
Security Group attends RSA Conference 2007
held Feb 5th – 9th, 2007 at Moscone Center in
San Francisco, California.
Arsenal
Security Group attends CSI 34th Annual Computer
Security Conference & Exhibition held October
15-17, 2006 at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida.
New York, NY
– Arsenal Security Group has been engaged to provide
a security assessment of a large pension fund. The fund
was concerned about external access to personal data
on plan membership through the plan’s external
access. The Arsenal team conducted both on-site and
technical audits resulting in a comprehensive report
that provided both immediate and long-term remediation
plans to the client.
Buffalo,
NY. - Arsenal Security
Group has been engaged by Empire-EMCO, a fully integrated
packaging company, to assess their current network and
provide a strategic plan for 3rd Party access to Empire’s
supply and order-entry applications. The Arsenal team
will provide the 100-year old family-owned firm with
a baseline report as well as detailed implementation
plan as part of the engagement.
McLean,
VA – Arsenal Security
Group announces its strategic partnership with Modulo
Security – The Risk Assessment, Compliance and
Knowledge Management Company. Arsenal Security Group
will be incorporating Modulo’s Risk Manager product
to assist customers in complying with FISMA, SOX, HIP-AA,
ISO-17799 and other key industry standards.
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