/24-7PressRelease.com/ - As an SDP compliant vendor, ScanAlert is allowed to help online merchants evaluate the security of their web sites that store MasterCard account data, and achieve compliance with the MasterCard Security Standard.
ScanAlert has achieved compliance status by proving its ability to detect, identify and report vulnerabilities common to flawed web site architectures and configurations. These vulnerabilities, if not patched in actual merchant web sites, could potentially lead to an unauthorized intrusion. By proactively identifying and providing the opportunity to remedy such vulnerabilities, SDP-compliant products reduce risk of intrusion and data compromise.
The SDP Compliance Testing program is an expansion of MasterCard’s Site Data Protection Program™, a comprehensive, proactive and cost-effective set of global ecommerce and financial security services designed to help protect the web sites of its member financial institutions, online merchants and other payment processors holding MasterCard account information.
“MasterCard’s Site Data Protection program is an important step towards reducing the threat that hackers pose to the continued growth of online retailing,” said ScanAlert CEO Ken Leonard. “Every site that ScanAlert certifies as HACKER SAFE®, undergoes a complete MasterCard SDP scan every day. HACKER SAFE-certified sites enable online merchants to benefit from alleviating fears among consumers of using their payment cards online.”
“The Site Data Vendor Compliance Program reflects our ongoing commitment to helping our customer financial institutions and online merchants evaluate and improve the security of their web sites in a timely and affordable manner,” said Steve Orfei, senior vice president and head of the MasterCard eCommerce Center of Excellence. “The end result we are striving for—improved overall channel security—is a win-win for all parties involved.”
The Vendor Compliance Program requires a two-step process. The first step is to complete an online application form, which can be found at the SDP web site. The application provides MasterCard with an overview of the applying organization, along with a detailed assertion by the security vendor that its solution is compliant with or exceeds the requirements set forth in the MasterCard Security Standard. After applying for compliance testing, the second step is for vendors to undergo a rigorous evaluation cycle that spans across a wide range of web servers, firewalls, and operating systems—an environment controlled and managed by MasterCard.
About MasterCard SDP
The MasterCard Site Data Protection Program is a proactive, cost-effective, global solution offered by MasterCard through its acquiring members. The program provides acquiring members with the ability to deploy security compliance programs, assisting online merchants and Member Service Providers to better protect against hacker intrusions and account data compromises. The program takes a proactive approach to security by identifying common possible vulnerabilities in a merchant web site and makes recommendations for short-and long-term security improvements. The solution addresses the security issues that online merchants and their acquiring banks face in the virtual world, and concerns arising from these issues, such as Internet fraud, chargebacks, brand image damage, consumer information safety and privacy and the cost of replacing stolen account numbers.
About ScanAlert
Headquartered in Napa, CA, ScanAlert conducts rigorous daily security audits that make web sites secure from hackers and then certifies it to their customers with a HACKER SAFE® certification mark. HACKER SAFE certification protects millions of shoppers every day on tens of thousands of retail ecommerce web sites. The certification mark indicates that these sites are compliant with the highest federal and industry web site security standards. For more information, please visit http://www.scanalert.com.
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