Ascure NV acquires MasterCard/VISA certification

Ascure NV acquires MasterCard/VISA certification as an approved security vendor.

Ghent, Belgium, November 15, 2006 - This certification confirms that Ascure has the necessary expertise to perform security reviews of its customer's critical web applications and infrastructure (including environment, network and system). Ascure's web application and infrastructure security assessment methodology and approach has been certified by the most important e-commerce security initiative worldwide, MasterCard and Visa.

MasterCard and Visa require merchants to demonstrate compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. Both MasterCard and Visa will accept system perimeter scans performed by approved security vendors that have been qualified by MasterCard and are included on MasterCard's Compliant Security Vendor List. As an approved security vendor, Ascure will evaluate their customer's web applications and infrastructure for any vulnerabilities and will offer guidance on how to fix them.

For e-commerce merchants and payment service providers that handle credit card information, full compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard requires quarterly network security scanning of their entire website system perimeter. Ascure's team of recognized experts offers guidance on how to acquire compliance, perform the scans and provide their customers with the necessary certifications to protect valuable business!

For all companies that want their critical web applications and infrastructure assessed by a professional security service provider, this MasterCard certification is an extra guarantee of Ascure's expertise to provide them with useful security assessments and pragmatic advice on how to secure their business.

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