MerchantsBenefit from Proactive and Professional Data Breach Incident Response
RENO, Nev.,Jan. 24, 2017 — (Business Wire) — ConformanceTechnologies®, a fast-growing provider of operatingsystems, education systems and expertise used in managing business compliancerequirements, today announced enhancements to its Data Incident Management Program® formerchants. The Program offers a comprehensive suite of services and expert assistance to enrolledcompanies in the event of data exposure or breach. Components include dataincident forensics; no cost POS equipment or software replacement; $10,000 in legalservices, legal notifications and consumer notifications; and public relationsmanagement services. A year’s subscription to the Cyber Attack ReadinessToolKit™ for penetration testing and primary accountnumber (PAN) scanning, plus Breach Defense Reviewer™ services to facilitate external website vulnerability testing havenow been added to the Data Incident Management Program at no additional cost.
“Professional management and responseto data incidents is critical to ensuring ongoing organizational viability,”stated Darrel Anderson, president of Conformance Technologies. “Addingpenetration testing, PAN scanning and website probing services to our DataIncident Management Program enhances this unique, top-notch offering which helpsmerchants greatly during a breach incident,” continued Anderson. “We manage theincident from beginning to end so that merchants and their payment partnersdon’t have to do the work.”
Breaches havebecome a common everyday occurrence, putting businesses from mom-and-pop shopsto big-box retailers at significant risk of a data incident. When unmanaged orimproperly managed, these incidents can be catastrophic in terms ofreputational damage, sanctions and mitigation costs. Conformance Technologies’Data Incident Management Program helps merchants of all sizes react quickly,proactively and professionally, eliminating as much business harm and out-of-pocketexpense as possible. Merchants gain “ease” of mind while saving time, money andreputation.
Besideshelping protect merchants, the Data IncidentManagement Program creates significant revenue-generating opportunities for resellersand aggregators who manage groups or portfolios of businesses and consumers, includingmerchant acquiring and independent sales organization (ISO) entities. Typicallyportfolio operators charge a small monthly fee for the Program, rather than aper incident fee.
AboutConformance Technologies
ConformanceTechnologies is a fast-growing provider ofoperating systems, educational systems and expertise usedin managing business compliance requirements.More than 300,000 small and midsize business end-users rely on ConformanceTechnologies’ solutions to protect their businesses every day, bothdomestically and in 19 countries aroundthe world. Available solutions include the patented PCI ToolKit®, Data IncidentManagement Program®, TINMatch ToolKit™, Cyber Attack Readiness ToolKit™,Payment Security Awareness System™, Breach Defense Reviewer™ and InConRadar™which offers cost effective, real-time merchant website monitoring forfraudulent or nefarious activities.
Conformance Technologies is a privately held corporation headquartered in Reno,Nevada. Evolving from a paymentsconsultancy and PCI compliance firm originally established in 2003, the Companyhas become a leading provider of automated compliance and sensitive dataprotection systems and services. For more information, please visit conformancetech.com.
