Central Payment Corp (CPC), a California-based provider of transaction processing services, has selected ControlScan, a Georgia-based provider of PCI compliance and security solutions to small businesses, to provide Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance services to its small merchant portfolio.
Reportedly, CPC merchants will have an access to ControlScan’s PCI 1-2-3 compliance solution, available online via a its web-based merchant portal. The company has said that it provides merchants with the tools and support necessary to analyze, remediate and validate PCI compliance, including: PCI 1-2-3 Self Assessment Questionnaire; PCI 1-2-3 Vulnerability Scanning and PCI 1-2-3 Security Policy Builder.
Matthew Hyman, managing partner, central payment Corp, said: “Working with ControlScan will allow us to facilitate compliance to our merchant base while having a program that is not only easy for us to implement, but more importantly easy for our merchants to use.”
Jethro Felton, executive vice president of sales and business development, ControlScan, said: “By utilizing ControlScan’s PCI 1-2-3 compliance solution as part of their overall offering, CPC will help their merchant community become more secure and meet all regulatory requirements in protecting cardholder data.”
PCI DSS is the payment card industry security requirement for all entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data, and it has been endorsed by Visa, MasterCard Worldwide, Discover Network, American Express and JCB.
