-- Merchants who purchase and install security products certified by NSS
Labs can be confident, knowing that these products have been tested and
validated by an independent third party for usage in payment networks.
-- Assessors have more technical insight into a product's capabilities.
-- Banks and card brands can have confidence that their merchant
population is installing products that are effective and appropriate, and
therefore supporting the compliance process.
"We're proud to support PCI data security by creating and implementing an
empirical-based certification process for PCI-related products," said Vik
Phatak, chairman and CEO of NSS Labs. "Our team holds extensive experience
and resources to help banks, merchants and card issuers maintain the
highest level of system integrity within their networks."
NSS Labs is launching certifications in six product categories immediately.
These include firewalls, unified threat management (UTM), web application
firewalls, host and network intrusion prevention and wireless security. The
requirements for each category are developed based on NSS Labs expertise
and experience as well as with the input from an extensive customer
advisory panel.
"Our research indicates that organizations within the payment card industry
often underestimate the time and resources required to achieve compliance
with the PCI DSS," said Derek Brink, vice president and research director
of IT Security for Aberdeen Group. "NSS Labs and its independent PCI
product testing and certification program aims to address this issue, by
helping merchants and vendors more quickly identify solutions that meet
their specific requirements for functionality, security and performance."
About NSS Labs
Founded in 1991, Chicago-based NSS Labs is the globally recognized leader
in independent security performance testing and certification. NSS clients
include CA, Cisco, IBM, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, McAfee, Radware, RSA,
SonicWall, SourceFire, Symantec, Third Brigade, TippingPoint and others.
NSS Labs performs the most comprehensive, complex, high-performance
security testing in the industry. NSS Labs is solely responsible for its
certification programs, including the criteria, methodology and processes.
For more information, visit: http://www.nsslabs.com.
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