Layered Tech Achieves PCI DSS 2.0 Compliance

The latest criteria include clarification, additional guidance and evolving requirements to address emerging threats and changes in the market.

Layered Technologies, Inc., a provider of on-demand IT infrastructure, yesterday announced that it is compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 2.0 (PCI DSS). The company says that compliance with PCI DSS is determined by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, an open global forum that develops, maintains and manages the PCI Security Standards. It has provided PCI compliant hosting and managed services under the previous standards and has already supported clients who have successfully been assessed against the new PCI DSS 2.0 requirements. The latest criteria include clarification, additional guidance and evolving requirements to address emerging threats and changes in the market.

It avers that the company's compliant hosting solutions help enterprises adhere to the Payment Card Industry's extensive data security standards by providing a comprehensive layer of secure management services ranging from PCI-compliant monitoring, vulnerability scans and change management processes to an advanced suite of network administration and server management services.

The company claims that when the major card brands initiated the CISP/PCI compliancy program in 2004, it was the world's first hosting company to meet the stringent security criteria by becoming 100 percent PCI DSS compliant for managed services. Since then, the company has continued to build upon its expertise, helping enterprises understand the complexities of security and achieve their own compliance.

"Layered Tech actively participates in the proceedings of the PCI Security Standards Council, and in addition to maintaining a continual state of compliance, we leverage our relationships with Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs) in the industry to ensure we have a solid understanding of changing evaluation requirements," said Layered Tech President Brad Hokamp. "Layered Tech helps clients understand the specific impacts of current PCI compliance regulations, and we are dedicated to creating solutions that enable clients to focus on their core business instead of worrying about technology requirements, including PCI compliance."