nCircle Announces Strategic Alliance with RSA

The nCircle Certified PCI Scan Service, one of the first to be certified on the more rigorous PCI Data Security Standard version 1.1, delivers the most up to date, fully automated security protection for merchants of all sizes. The service enables merchants to conduct quarterly scans of their externally facing payment network to verify compliance, a core requirement of the data security standard. nCircles service, alongside the RSA(R) PCI Solutions portfolio, helps provide merchants with a best-in-class set of security solutions for ensuring compliance of their internal and external networks with the PCI DSS v1.1.nCircle also delivers solutions in addition to the nCircle Certified PCI Scan Service. nCircle solutions profile and inventory all network devices on a merchants payment network, providing a comprehensive view of network security risk. This information provides merchants with actionable information to help them strategically focus resources on eliminating the highest priority threats to maintain maximum customer card data security and integrity for continued PCI compliance.