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MasterCard Site Data Protection (SDP) Services In Year 2003, MasterCard
announced a stringent security program for its Acquirers and Merchants. The MasterCard's vendor certification process is very thorough. The Secure20 certification scores were in the top percentile as compared to all vendors who participated in the testing process. The SDP Program provides acquiring members with the ability to deploy a security compliance program. This ensures that an online merchant or an online Member Service Provider can be adequately protected against hacker intrusions and account data compromises. The SDP Program includes the following elements: The MasterCard Security Standard: a series of manuals providing security requirements and best practices for participating acquiring members, online merchants, Member Service Providers, and data security vendors. Evaluation Tools: participants can demonstrate MasterCard Security Standard compliance by using the MasterCard Security Self-Assessment. With this tool, participants can self-evaluate their security posture. Secure20 SDP Service: Secure20's MasterCard Site Data Protection Service is a proactive, cost-effective, and global solution. Our SDP Service includes compliance assessment, network & application vulnerability assessment services offered by Secure20. Why Comply? According to MasterCard, if merchants apply the SDP requirements and guidelines properly and consistently, the security and procedural controls offer the following benefits: Consumers Want Security - Recent media reports of hacker incidences, stolen credit card numbers, and identity theft have triggered – for consumers – a serious concern about information security. Today, consumers want absolute assurance from the businesses they are dealing with that their bankcard account and other personal identifiable information is safe. Minimized Threat to Reputation and Financial Position - Financial and resource outlay is minimal compared to the costs associated with the reactive hiring of security and public relations specialists, or the loss of significant revenue and goodwill that can result from a compromise. Competitive Edge - Consumer studies show that trust is a key factor in doing business with card-not-present merchants. Customers seek out merchants whom they feel are "safe." Increase Revenues and a stronger bottom line - When it comes to improving profitability, a company's bottom line depends on adequate data security controls. With appropriate data security in place, you can protect your customers, limit risk exposure, and minimize the losses and operational expense that stem from compromised cardholder information. Maintain a Positive Image - With the incredible growth of the Internet today, information security is on everyone's mind. Data loss or compromise not only hurts the cardholder, it can seriously damage a merchant's reputation. Secure20 SDP Assessment and Compliance ServicesAs a leading provider of information security software and services, Secure20 can help your company understand the impact of MasterCard’s programs, those that help to protect private consumer information. We have the high-security financial background and expertise in analysis, design, implementation, deployment, and post implementation analysis to help your organization achieve quick and ongoing compliance.
Secure20’s security
experts can assist with SDP readiness risk assessments designed to provide an
overall evaluation of your security architecture. This review includes a gap
analysis of the IT portion of your
Secure20’s approach to SDP compliance is both comprehensive and flexible. We bring value to this process by ensuring compliance without unnecessary cost, delay or disruption and creating a secure infrastructure that will be the catalyst for achieving sustained competitive advantage. The SDP Compliance Risk Assessment has three basic components: Comprehensive security audit
Deliverables The deliverables of the SDP Compliance Risk Assessments are:
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technical infrastructure, your
policies and procedures, and transactions processing system. The result is a
comprehensive report that identifies your current security posture and
compliance readiness and identifies existing or potential gaps in meeting the
SDP requirements and guidelines.