Vanguard Networks Software Release 7.3 Enables PCI Compliance for Retail and Financial Networks

Vanguard Networks ApplicationsWareTM 7.3 software release provides major new functionality with network security and routing features to enable Retail and Financial Service Provider customers to achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.
 
July 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Foxboro, MA, July 21, 2010 – Vanguard Networks ApplicationsWareTM 7.3 software release provides major new functionality with network security and routing features to enable Retail and Financial Service Provider customers to achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.

Vanguard Networks’ award-winning secure WAN multiservice router addresses PCI-compliance without replacing legacy store infrastructure or changing the host applications. Vanguard Networks’ solution, which can be used over any carrier service, defends against network breaches, and provides retailers with client-to-core secure networking of point-of-sale devices, bar code readers, mobile computers, ATMs, printers, telephones, PCs, and related devices in retail stores, warehouses, storage depots, and office buildings. The new ApplicationsWareTM Security Services License enables retailers to cost-effectively meet rigorous security and privacy standards, while simultaneously reaping productivity and cost-saving benefits from integrating data, voice, and video applications.

Retail branches protected with Security Services License - Enhanced firewall and Syslog client, two key features of Release 7.3

As a result of security breaches, American Express, Discover Financial Services, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International agreed to join the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards to help prevent theft of consumers' data. In September of 2006, these companies, joined by JCB, formed the PCI Security Standards Council, an independent management council that concurrently released version 1.1 of the PCI standard. In July 2009, the council released PCI version 1.2.1, a revised version of the standard. Compliance with the standard is mandatory, and non-compliant participating companies can be barred from processing credit card transactions, charged higher processing fees, or fined.

"Retailers have a critical need to protect their networks and meet PCI compliance requirements, previously a complex and costly proposition, entailing replacing legacy IT infrastructure and potentially writing off sizable capital investments," said Rudi Willems, Vanguard Networks CEO. "Vanguard Networks’ standards-based secure store router meets PCI's rigorous standards while supporting existing applications and legacy networks. Capital investments can therefore be protected and legacy equipment does not have to be replaced to enable PCI-compliant security."

Vanguard Networks’ Syslog is standards based and supports popular SEIM (Security Event Incident Management) systems, while the Stateful Firewall is ICSA certifiable and allows setting of security policies for multiple DMZ zones independently for tight policy control and enforcement.
The integrated firewall complements IPSEC virtual private network (VPN), Secure Shell (SSH), and encryption capabilities that help these customers avoid buying a separate VPN or firewall appliance to effectively protect card holder data.
The Vanguard Networks’ ApplicationsWareTM Release 7.3 will begin shipping on July 30th 2010, and is being evaluated by multiple Partners and retail customers. The Security Services License is priced starting at $300 and is available for the VG 3400 Series, VG 6800 series, and VG 7300 series of branch and enterprise routers.

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About Vanguard Networks:

Vanguard Networks offers a portfolio of advanced multi-service and IP telephony gateway solutions for retail branches and both small and large financial institutions through service providers and partners worldwide. Further information about the ApplicationsWareTM Release 7.3 is available at www.vanguardnetworks.com
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