STAMFORD, CT – April 28, 2005 – Protegrity Corporation, the leading innovator for data security management, today announced its latest educational webcast, “Complying with the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standards,” to be held from noon to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Wednesday, May 4. The webcast is designed to inform business and IT professionals about the requirements outlined in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards, a set of requirements common to all major credit card companies which went into effect December 2004. The webcast presentation will include a detailed discussion of these requirements and what they mean for merchants, service providers, and financial companies; a step-by-step approach to creating and implementing a compliance action plan; and criteria for the effective use of technology to support compliance initiatives.
The webcast’s featured guest speaker is James Cowing, a certified security assessor and managing director of Digital Resources Group (www.drgsf.com), a provider of audit and security services for leading companies in the financial industry. Cowing will outline elements for successfully executing a multi-phase compliance action plan encompassing security assessments, network scans, reviews and audits, and certification. Cowing is co-chair of the Financial Services Technology Consortium and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the MasterCard Electronic Commerce Advisory Group, and other industry forums. He and DRG have helped companies such as Wells Fargo and Fleet National Bank address the complex and stringent security compliance requirements of the industry.
Gordon Rapkin, president and CEO of Protegrity, will discuss during the necessary elements of enterprise-wide data security management policies and how these map to PCI and other regulatory requirements.
“With recent headlines highlighting the implications of security breaches, companies are now recognizing the importance of data security and its relationship to the bottom line,” said Rapkin. “However, we are still seeing confusion and misinformation about regulatory requirements – particularly those related to credit and payment cards – and the role of technology in achieving compliance. Our goal with the Protegrity Institute webcast series is to provide expert perspective and cost-effective best practices to companies interested in implementing or improving data security processes.”
About Protegrity
Protegrity Corporation is the leading innovator of data security management. The company’s flagship product, Secure.Data, enables companies to deploy comprehensive security policies that empower management to confidently take responsibility of their sensitive data. With Secure.Data, businesses can mitigate corporate risk and assure compliance with regulatory obligations. Protegrity’s solutions are platform independent and are designed to protect information wherever it resides in today’s highly distributed computing environments.
For more than eight years, Protegrity’s award-winning technology has helped more than 60 customers, including many of the Fortune 100, address and resolve critical security challenges. Protegrity invented the core technology used for data-level encryption and owns key patents for database security and protection. For more information, visit www.protegrity.com.
Secure.Data is a trademark of Protegrity Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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