CHICAGO AND MELVILLE, NY (May 26, 2010) - Capital Payments, a leading electronic payment solutions provider, has enhanced its merchant services through a partnership with Trustwave, which will provide Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance validation solutions to its merchant portfolio. Trustwave is a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions.
PCI DSS is a requirement for all entities that store, process, or transmit cardholder data that has been endorsed by all the major card brands, including Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, Discover Network, American Express, and JCB. In order to assist in the compliance efforts of merchants, Capital Payments has engaged Trustwave to offer its merchants access to TrustKeeper® 3.0, Trustwave's industry-leading PCI DSS compliance web portal that facilitates certification.
The TrustKeeper 3.0 web portal makes compliance validation easy and efficient for merchants, including non-technical users. Using the dynamic PCI Wizard in conjunction with TrustKeeper Agent, merchants work through a personalized, guided interview that reduces the complex terminology of PCI into understandable actions. Further, TrustKeeper Agent ensures merchants aren't storing unencrypted cardholder data or track data. TrustKeeper also helps them complete the PCI Self-Assessment Questionnaire, schedule required scans, and receive their PCI DSS compliance certificate.
As part of the compliance program for Capital Payments, TrustKeeper 3.0 provides online educational and compliance tools for merchants that build awareness of the PCI DSS requirements, and teach them how to take action. Online video tutorials guide merchants through general cardholder data security, the PCI DSS and how to comply with the standard. On-demand help text, tutorials and tools such as TrustKeeper's Security Policy Advisor and Security Awareness Education ensure that merchants efficiently complete PCI DSS certification.
"It was critical for our organization to partner with a leading solutions provider that could tailor a PCI DSS program and create a robust and affordable offering specifically for our merchant population," says Todd S. Whiton, CEO of Capital Payments.. "Trustwave customized a powerful program to help move our merchants through the compliance process. We are extremely pleased to have a relationship with a trusted advisor like Trustwave."
"Capital Payments provides a variety of advisory services to its customers, none more important than assisting merchants with the path toward PCI DSS compliance," says Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO of Trustwave. "As the threat landscape continues to evolve, its important merchants take the first step in protecting their credit card transactions with PCI DSS compliance validation."
About Capital Payments, LLC
Capital Payments is a leading provider of merchant and electronic payment solutions. The company is uniquely focused on working with Trusted Advisors to help them navigate their business clients through the increasingly complex world of electronic payments. The company provides transparent and competitive pricing, very fair terms and conditions, and best of breed payment products and services to its merchants. Capital Payments is led by industry veterans with decades of experience in working with small and midsized businesses and their CPAs, Accountants, Attorneys, and other trusted advisors. For more information, please visit www.capitalpayments.com.
About Trustwave
Trustwave is a leading provider of on-demand and subscription-based information security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and government entities throughout the world. For organizations faced with today's challenging data security and compliance environment, Trustwave provides a unique approach with comprehensive solutions that include its flagship TrustKeeper® compliance management software and other proprietary security solutions including SIEM , WAF , EV SSL certificates and secure digital certificates . Trustwave has helped hundreds of thousands of organizations-ranging from Fortune 500 businesses and large financial institutions to small and medium-sized retailers-manage compliance and secure their network infrastructures, data communications and critical information assets. Trustwave is headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/.