The Capita Group Plc, a business process outsourcer and provider of integrated professional support services, has achieved compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for its Capita Software Services division.
Trustwave, a provider of information security and compliance management applications for businesses and organisations throughout the world, performed the PCI DSS compliance validation.
PCI DSS is the payment card industry security requirement for entities that process, transmit or store cardholder data, and has been endorsed by all the major card brands Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, Discover Network, American Express and JCB. The PCI DSS is a framework for the secure handling of cardholder data. Under the PCI DSS, payment service provider compliance requirements are segmented into three levels based on the number of transactions processed or transmitted annually.
Over 150 organisations take payments using Capitas AXIS managed services products. With the heightened focus on card security and security of citizen data in general, these organisations and the 400,000 citizens who regularly use these products to make payments around the clock will be assured that their payments are being processed in line with the stringent controls around security that the standard dictates. Capitas compliance achieves yet another first in card security among the major suppliers to the Local Authority marketplace.
“We are delighted to have attained PCI DSS compliance. We have continued to invest heavily in infrastructure, processes and our dedicated in-house Managed Services team, who have put in a great deal of effort in order to reach this stage. Our customers and their customers in turn can be assured that we remain committed to ensuring that the AXIS products and services lead the way in card security measures and data security in general,” says David Lockie, associate director, Capita Public Sector Software.
“With PCI DSS compliance validation Capita Software Services has satisfied the industrys most rigorous criteria to protect credit card information, putting their AXIS portfolio at the forefront of card security,” adds Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO, Trustwave.