BALDWIN, NY--(Marketwire - September 23, 2008) - Packet General Networks, provider of innovative
data security solutions, announced that MasterCard® has selected Packet
General's solution to build a PCI-DSS compliant infrastructure facing the
Internet. Packet General is also announcing general availability of its
soft Secure Server Appliance™ (SSA™) line -- PCI-GENERAL™,
Encryption-GENERAL™ and File-GENERAL™ for MySQL® users, who are
looking to comply with PCI-DSS.
Organizations struggle to achieve data security. Neither the operating
system vendor, nor the application vendor takes on the responsibility of
securing the data that they help generate and house. The onus of data
security and regulatory compliance falls squarely on the shoulders of the
customer. With this in mind, Packet General has created a family of secure
server appliances that protect application data and enable customers to
comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
As of June 30, 2008, organizations are required to comply with the Payment
Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). An easy to deploy and
transparent compliance solution is needed.
MasterCard®, the market leader in electronic transactions with operations
in 210 countries and the driving force behind Payment Card Industry (PCI)
mandates, has deployed "PCI-GENERAL™ for MySQL" to secure their own
data, validating the Secure Server Appliance™ (SSA™) concept.
"As one of the creators of the PCI standard, MasterCard® places a premium
on data security," said Didier Godart, Product Leader PSI group of
MasterCard. "We selected PCI-GENERAL™ because it met our stringent data
security requirements, enabled us to become operational within a short
amount of time and best of all we didn't have to change a single line of
code."
"Customers should never be faced with making a choice between keeping their
mission-critical application server up or plugging the latest security
hole," said Raj Sharma, CEO of Packet General. "We are focused on changing
the application data security paradigm through the introduction of a new
type of a secure server appliance that is secure by design. MasterCard's
adoption of PCI-GENERAL™ validates our new approach to application data
security."
Packet General data security features that enable PCI compliance:
Protection against "Privileged User"
Transparent commercial-grade application data encryption (AES-256)
FIPS-140 compliant Key Management
Cryptographically signed logs
Encrypted backups
Non-stop security update service
About Packet General Networks
Packet General, an innovative provider of data-centric security solutions,
offers turnkey application appliances designed from the ground-up to keep
data secure. Security-GENERAL™, the flagship product family, is a secure
server appliance that removes the complexities associated with securing
general-purpose operating systems, servers, applications and its associated
data. Packet General's solutions enable customers to achieve compliance
with the PCI-DSS mandates through real data security. For more information
visit Packet General at
www.packetgeneral.com.
Contact Information: Contact:
Max Black
Packet General
+1 631.546.5047