ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Pinnacle Corp. said that it has joined the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) as a new participating organization, providing guidance and input to creating and maintaining standards used to secure the payment card environment.
Endorsed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard and Visa, PCI SSC requires merchants and service providers that store, process or transmit customer payment card data to follow information security controls and processes to ensure data integrity.
Joining the PCI Security [image-nocss] Standards Council further solidifies Pinnacle's growing commitment to dedicate resources to the protection of cardholder data. Pinnacle has already surpassed current PCI Security requirements with Palm POS as of September 2007, and has been listed on the VISA List of Validated Payment Applications since March 2008.
"Becoming a member of the SSC is an important step for Pinnacle and our clients in the c-store space," said Denise Lewis, Pinnacle's Product Manager for Palm POS. "Membership allows us the opportunity to be involved in the standards as they are developed and maintained going forward, and to ensure those standards are applicable and best protect cardholder data in the retail petroleum industry."
Arlington, Texas-based Pinnacle is a leader in the automation technology industry focusing on the rapidly evolving convenience store and petroleum industries. It delivers products that automate the broad spectrum of convenience store operations and supply chain management of fuel operations. Nationwide, Pinnacle's products and services are used daily in thousands of convenience outlets to automate and improve their store operations and by fuel marketers to increase their efficiency in the complex management of fuel delivery.Pinnacle's products include EPM Business Intelligence Suite and Enterprise Loyalty Suite.
The PCI Security Standards Council is an open global forum for the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemination and implementation of security standards for account data protection. Its mission is to enhance payment account data security by driving education and awareness of the PCI Security Standards. The organization was founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc.
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