Serviceu Achieves Payment Card Industry (pci) Compliance As Level 1 Service Provider

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 26, 2006 -
Memphis, TN – September 26, 2006 – ServiceU Corporation (www.ServiceU.com) today announced that it has been recognized as a Level 1 Service Provider by Visa U.S.A., making ServiceU the first provider of online ticketing, online event registrations, and online donations to appear on the List of Compliant Service Providers published by Visa U.S.A. The list is published on Visa’s site at www.visa.com/cisp, the definitive source for locating service providers that have attained compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard and the Visa Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP).

The PCI Data Security Standard, established by an industry coalition led by Visa and MasterCard, mandates rigorous requirements for protecting cardholder information and requires compliance for any organization that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data. Furthermore, any company that handles cardholder data as part of a payment transaction is defined to be a Level 1 Service Provider and is required to have its compliance validated by a Qualified Security Assessor and an Approved Scanning Vendor.

K3DES LLC, a PCI Qualified Security Assessor based in Houston, performed the PCI Security Audit and validated ServiceU as a Level 1 Service Provider, the highest level of compliance, allowing ServiceU to perform an unlimited number of transactions. Jim Richardson, president of K3DES, states, “At K3DES our mission is to help companies like ServiceU implement proven security measures that mitigate the proliferation of data theft. We are very pleased to work with an innovative company like ServiceU that raises the bar for an entire industry.”

ServiceU selected ScanAlert, Inc., based in Napa, CA, as its PCI Approved Scanning Vendor. “It is a pleasure to work with a company that takes data security so seriously, and we congratulate ServiceU for achieving Level 1 compliance,” says Ken Leonard, Chief Executive Officer of ScanAlert. “Although ServiceU is only required to have quarterly scans, we actually scan its network daily.”

“I am extremely proud of our team for being the first in our industry to offer the highest level of payment security available,” comments Tim Whitehorn, CEO of ServiceU Corporation.

Founded in 1997, ServiceU is a leading provider of on-demand software for online ticketing, online event registrations, and online donations. Visit www.ServiceU.com/Security or www.electronicpaymentsecurity.com for additional information.