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For many years now, security has become an important aspect of computing. Protecting your business assets is critical to your operation. It has long been best practice to secure your systems by regularly patching them and utilising either host-based or network-based firewalls. With the constant changes that must be made to any network infrastructure it is necessary to take the next steps to ensure your systems are secure and regularly vulnerability test your systems. Vulnerability testing can identify problems with your operating system patches, firewall configurations, and even application problems that you may not be aware of! Peter Davies, Technical Director of Juicy has just recently in conjunction with Glamorgan University released a whitepaper concerning security of networks. Read the full white paper here |  |
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Juicy Media tests every IP address it has in its control on a daily basis to ensure the integrity of our services.
It's time to secure your systems and be confident that you can deliver a more secure environment to service your customers with the confidence that trained personnel are validating the security of your systems regularly.
Juicy Media is here to help. We have contracted with a large Web site security certification service, to provide this service to our customers at a significantly reduced cost. The security assessments offered by Juicy Media can analyse the following:
- Website vulnerability scans
- Full penetration testing
- Network exploration
- Credit Card Security & Compliance
creditcard security&compliance
Due to the increase in hacker activity and resulting consumer fears of using credit cards online, Visa and MasterCard have recently imposed a mandatory security standard for all merchants including Level 4, merchants processing less than 20,000 transactions a year.
As of June 30, 2005, you are required to be compliant with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards or risk fines and permanent expulsion from card acceptance programs.
For most merchants, this means enrolling with a Visa and MasterCard-certified security vendor for PCI certification services consisting of Quarterly Security Scanning of your office and store Internet connections as well as your website, plus the completion of a Security Self-Assessment Questionnaire.
It is imperative that you act now to become compliant with the PCI security standards to avoid potential fines and being barred from transacting credit cards. Visa and MasterCard have imposed fines of more than £250,000 per event for non-compliance and data security compromises.
