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Product Watch: Free Tool Detects PCI Violations |
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Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Anthony Pell
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SecurityMetrics next month will offer free software for merchants to detect Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) violations in their organizations.
The downloadable PANscan tool looks for improperly stored or handled credit-card data, and scans for non-PCI compliant or misconfigured payment applications.
"Many merchants inadvertently store payment card data, either because their payment application software fails to meet PCI-DSS standards [or] their applications are improperly configured or because employees are unaware that they should not electronically store this information. If these merchants get hacked, they are not PCI-compliant and may face serious financial penalties," said Brad Caldwell, CEO of SecurityMetrics, in a statement. "PANscan enables merchants to quickly ascertain whether they have a problem so that they can take action to protect themselves."
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