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Thursday, 15 September 2005 : ProCheckUp Achieve MasterCard SDP Compliance
London, UK - 15 September 2005 - ProCheckUp, an award-winning provider of penetration testing services, today announce that the company has successfully completed MasterCard SDP Compliance Testing.
ProCheckUp work alongside members, merchants and service providers to help them achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. The PCI Data Security Standard, developed by MasterCard and Visa, details security requirements for members, merchants, and service providers that store, process or transmit cardholder data.
In order to demonstrate compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard, merchants and service providers may be required to conduct network security scans on a regular basis as defined by each payment card company.
ProCheckUp has successfully completed MasterCard SDP Compliance Testing and is approved to perform network security assessment services under the MasterCard Site Data Protection Program.
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About ProCheckUp
A leading independent specialist security organisation, ProCheckUp was formed in 2000 to provide a unique Artificial Intelligence (AI) based penetration testing service to the corporate market.
Since then the company has enjoyed significant commercial and technological success, and received Royal recognition in April 2004 by winning the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation, the UK's highest accolade for business performance.
ProCheckUp are service providers to some of the world's leading finance and banking organisations, international law firms and FTSE 100 companies.
About MasterCard SDP and PCI Data Security Standard
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard details security requirements for members, merchants, and service providers that store, process or transmit cardholder data.
The PCI Data Security Standard has been developed by MasterCard and Visa and is endorsed by Amex, Discover, Diners and JCB. Visa requires that all security scanning vendors successfully complete MasterCard compliance testing.
Further information on the MasterCard Site Data Protection Program can be found at
ProCheckUp Contact Details
Rebecca GoddardT: 020 7307 5001
E: rebecca.goddard [at] procheckup.com