Outpost24 Partners with Confide to Help Businesses in New Zealand Achieve PCI Compliance

Sept. 18, 2009 - PRLog -- Outpost24, the Technology Leader in On-Demand Vulnerability Management solutions, today announced a partnership with Confide in New Zealand. The pairing of Outpost24 as an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) with Confide, a Qualified PCI Auditor (QSA) and IT security consultancy, will help businesses in New Zealand achieve compliance.

In an effort to explore new growth opportunities, Outpost24 chose Confide as its first local Value Added Reseller in New Zealand. Confide will now pair Outpost24’s OUTSCAN PCI with their current offering of IT security consultancy services to deliver a total package to their customer base.

Outpost24 is an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) by the PCI Security Standards Council. This certification enables Outpost24 to help merchants and service providers to verify and prove that they handle credit card data in compliance with the current version of the security standard. Through this, Outpost24 offers OUTSCAN PCI, the ideal tool for businesses of all sizes to achieve and demonstrate PCI DSS compliance.

About Confide:
Confide provides high quality assistance to organizations needing to achieve compliance with the PCI standards. They understand the challenges businesses face and have the skills and knowledge businesses require to be assured of achieving compliance. Confide guarantees businesses the very highest standards of integrity and confidentiality when working together. For more information, please visit: http://www.confide.co.nz/

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About Outpost24:
Outpost24 is the technology leader in on-demand vulnerability assessment and management solutions with over 1,000 corporate and government customers, including Travelex, Delta Lloyd Group, ING Life Limited, University of Helsinki, and Deloitte. Outpost24 is headquartered in Sweden with a global network of local sales offices.

Outpost24 delivers security solutions in a Software-as-a-Service (OUTSCAN® & OUTSCAN PCI®) or Appliance (HIAB®) form factor. Outpost24’s solutions provide fully automated network vulnerability scanning, easily interpreted reports, and vulnerability management tools. OUTSCAN PCI® is the ideal tool for businesses of all sizes to achieve and demonstrate PCI DSS compliance. For more information, please visit http://www.outpost24.com.