PCI-DSS certification

For the second consecutive year, Equens Italia successfully completed an assessment based on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
The new certification was obtained according to the rules more stringent for version 1.2.

Card data safety has become one of the most pressing problems concerning payment cards. Visa and MasterCard created the PCI-DSS program establishing a set of requirements and processes adopted by all international payment systems (American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International). The purpose of PCI DSS is to ensure that sensitive data of the cardholders remains safe.

Equens Italia has successfully completed the Visa AIS program (Account Information Security) through a detailed safety audit of its own systems managed by an independent audit company approved by Visa itself. This audit includes several check-points, ranging from control of the management of card data to the approval process of the safety test.

The PCI-DSS program requires high standards of security and the maintenance of certification requires constant updating and regular audits.

For more information about the PCI-DSS certification and to see a list of certified service providers select the link:
http://www.visaeurope.com/aboutvisa/security/ais/aisprogramme.jsp http://www.visaeurope.com/documents/ais/pci_dss.pdf?041209