Bsafe Information Systems has announced the availability of the Bsafe/PCI Accelerator Package, an add-on module to Bsafe/Enterprise Security for IBM i 6.1 and Bsafe/Policy Compliance Manager. It provides a set of pre-defined reports, alerts and Policy Compliance Manager templates that reduce project timelines to accelerate compliance with PCI DSS.

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (an organization formed by the credit card brands) created the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) to help merchants proactively protect customer account data. Any merchant or service provider that stores, processes or transmits customer account data must comply with the PCI DSS controls and processes. Organizations that do not comply risk costly fines, audit costs, card restrictions, and more should a breach happen to occur.

"Numerous companies have used Bsafe/Enterprise Security for IBM i to address PCI compliance requirements", says Shimon Bouganim, CEO of Bsafe Information Systems. "The Bsafe/Enterprise Security suite provides a complete solution for PCI compliancy," said Bouganim. "When supporting our customers in their implementation effort we noticed the need for additional out-of-the-box functionality to meet strict compliance deadlines. This is why we decided to develop the Bsafe/PCI Accelerator Package."

Reports in the PCI Accelerator Package can be easily copied, customized, categorized into policy groups and defined to run across multiple IBM i servers or partitions.

The PCI Alerts are SNMP enabled, allowing them to be forwarded to third-party software packages. In addition alerts can be set up as proactive triggers and react to undesirable transactions (for example, revoke special authority or disable user profile) or prompt the execution of a custom program.

The PCI Policy Compliance Manager templates can be set up to check for compliance across multiple systems or partitions. “Template based compliance management has emerged as a revolutionary methodology to achieve the complex task of enterprise-wide compliance. The use of this methodology provides for a consistent and systematic approach for creating and maintaining policies.” says Ty Karny, Bsafe vice president for North America. Bsafe templates allow system administrators, auditors and executives to utilize a shared interface to manage compliance policies, spot compliance deviations and enforce policies throughout the enterprise.  PCI compliance project timelines can be significantly improved by utilizing the pre-defined templates Bsafe provides. As a result companies can reduce resources allocated to support PCI auditors and the audit process.

For more information, visit http://www.bsafesolutions.com/.