PCI Security Standards Council Deploys Translations.com's GlobalLink(TM) Technology To Translate Global Website

NEW YORK, Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Translations.com, the world's largest privately held provider of translation services and language management technologies, today announced the successful localization of www.PCISecurityStandards.org into French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, and German.



Founded in 2006 by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa Inc., the PCI Security Standards Council is responsible for the development, management, education, and awareness of the PCI Data Security Standards, which are designed to ensure the security of cardholder data worldwide. The PCI Security Standards Council has over 600 Participating Organization companies worldwide. Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council, explained, "As a global organization focused on securing payment card data, it is critical we provide our stakeholders worldwide with the resources they need to meet this goal, in their own language."



Translations.com's GlobalLink(TM) technology offers companies both hosted and installed options for launching and automatically maintaining translated websites with minimal IT involvement. By combining GlobalLink OneLink with Translations.com's language services, PCI was able to localize its website and related documents into 8 languages in only 2 months with a completely hosted solution. When PCI makes updates to the English website in the future, GlobalLink will automatically detect and route new content to Translations.com for localization by professional human translators, then insert the completed translations back into the proper location on the global websites.



"As we continue to develop PCI Security Standards and produce new resources for our stakeholders, it was critical for us to partner with a company who could help us manage our dynamic multilingual site in a cost effective and timely manner," added Russo.



Translations.com CEO Phil Shawe said, "By making their website and standards information accessible to stakeholders in a range of languages, the PCI Security Standards Council has made a significant step forward in its mission to secure payment card data worldwide. We applaud the Council for its efforts and look forward to supporting their ongoing global initiatives for years to come."



About PCI Security Standards Council



The mission of the PCI Security Standards Council is to enhance payment account security by driving education and awareness of the PCI Data Security Standard and other standards that increase payment data security.



The PCI Security Standards Council was formed by the major payment card brands American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc. to provide a transparent forum in which all stakeholders can provide input into the ongoing development, enhancement and dissemination of the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS), PIN Transaction Security Requirements (PTS) and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS). Merchants, banks, processors and other vendors are encouraged to join as participating organizations.



About Translations.com



Translations.com is a leading provider of software, website, and enterprise-wide localization services, as well as localization-related technology products. Translations.com solutions allow customers to conduct business more effectively in international markets. The company has a global presence on four continents and services a variety of clients with dedicated practice groups for every major industry. Translations.com is part of the TransPerfect family of companies. For more information, please visit www.translations.com or www.transperfect.com.



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PCI SSC meeting attendees help guide payments' future

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global, open industry standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), PIN Entry Device (PED) Security Requirements and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), today announced that more than 550 attendees from over 325 organizations met at the Council’s second annual Community Meeting, in Orlando, Florida, to provide input and analysis of the newly released 1.2 version of the PCI DSS and other payment card security standards. This represents a 71 percent increase in attendance from 2007. The highly anticipated event, held from Sept. 23-25, welcomed the Council’s participating organizations and assessment community contributors.

The Council also is pleased to announce that in addition to its rapidly growing assessment community members, there are more than 500 participating organizations from around the world that actively contribute to the standards setting process, up from approximately 240 in 2007. Participating organizations provide the backbone of feedback and support for the PCI security standards and cross a wide spectrum of industries and locations. Participating organizations are the only group in the Council that receive early versions of draft standards and documentation, provide feedback and direction on the PCI standards, and receive regular communications and opportunities to work with the Council on cardholder data security. The list of current participating organizations can be found at https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/participation/member_list.html .

Topics discussed at the Orlando meeting included the release of the PCI DSS version 1.2, updates to the PA-DSS and PED Security Requirements, special interest group reports on wireless and payment card pre-authorization security, the introduction of a quality assurance program for the QSA community along with keynote addresses from the Department of Justice and Forrester Research. These interactive sessions gave participants key information as they continue with their PCI standards implementation.

Because of the dramatic increase in participation in the Council, this year’s community meeting in Orlando will be followed up with a second community meeting in Brussels, Belgium, October 21-23, 2008. This second meeting will enable participating organizations and the PCI assessment community to engage with the Council at an additional venue. More than 120 delegates have already registered for this additional meeting.

In addition to the more than 500 participating organizations, the Council has 147 approved scanning vendor (ASV) companies and 164 qualified security assessor (QSA) companies that help ensure continued compliance with the PCI DSS. The Council also approves payment application QSAs (PA QSAs) as part of the PA-DSS program. Together, the assessment community and participating organizations, at the community meeting and throughout the year help define and evolve the security standards to protect payment cardholder account data.

“As we meet at our community meetings it is especially important that the Council reflects the broadest spectrum of payments system players,” said Bob Russo, general manager, PCI Security Standards Council. “The tremendous and rapid growth of our participating organization program and assessment ecosystem, as well as the increased attendance at our community meetings, is a testament to the payment industry’s commitment to protecting cardholder data while ensuring that the standards we manage truly reflect global industry desires and needs.”

For More Information:

More information on the PCI Security Standards Council and becoming a participating organization please visit www.pcisecuritystandards.org , or contact the PCI Security Standards Council at www.participation@pcisecuritystandards.org .

About the PCI Security Standards Council

The mission of the PCI Security Standards Council is to enhance payment account security by driving education and awareness of the PCI Data Security Standard and other standards that increase payment data security. The PCI Security Standards Council was formed by the major payment card brands American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc. to provide a transparent forum in which all stakeholders can provide input into the ongoing development, enhancement and dissemination of the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS), PIN Entry Device (PED) Security Requirements and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS). Merchants, banks, processors and other vendors are encouraged to join as Participating Organizations.

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