Atos Consulting certified as qualified security assessor for payment card industry
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, the governing body administering data security standards in payment card processing, has confirmed that Atos Consulting, the business consulting arm of Atos Origin, is now a Qualified Security Assessor company.
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This means that Atos Consulting can now perform compliance assessments on behalf of Visa and MasterCard in Europe.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an industry standard for card data protection and fraud reduction, created by major payment brands including Visa and MasterCard. Any organisation which processes or holds credit or debit card data online must be compliant with this standard. The compliance of such organisations is assessed exclusively by accredited firms that have undergone a rigorous quality check by the PCI Security Standards Council.
Atos Consulting is already advising organisations on attaining PCI compliance. As a result of this new certification, Atos Origin is able to combine its consulting, systems integration and managed operations capabilities to deliver a true end-to-end PCI DSS compliance solution that meets all the payment card data protection requirements of any organisation.
Through Atos Worldline, a business which processes millions of secure card transactions per day, we have a deep understanding of the business and technical issues surrounding PCI DSS," said Mark Jones, associate partner and head of Business Risk and Security services for Atos Origin. "When we speak to and advise our customers, it is with the experience and knowledge of running a large transaction business and they can be sure that we really do 'walk the talk'."