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SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — nCircle, the leading provider of agentless security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced its suite of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance solutions. The suite enables merchants to view the compliance status of their entire payment network, from outside as well as inside their network using nCircle’s certified solutions, and receive the industry’s most complete and accurate security and compliance assurance that their customer payment card data is protected, regardless of where it resides on the payment network. nCircle’s PCI solutions are also available through select Value-added Resellers, Managed Service Providers, Merchant Banks, payment service providers and security consultants who are part of nCircle’s nAble PCI Partner Program.(Logo: )The nCircle Certified PCI Scan Service(TM) — the industry’s most accurate, self-service, on-demand scanning solution certified by the PCI Security Standards Council — may be used by merchants of all sizes and at all levels to certify that their externally-facing payment network is secure. The nCircle Certified PCI Scan Service enables merchants to achieve certified third-party validation of PCI compliance on a quarterly basis as required by the PCI Data Security Standard. nCircle was recently recertified as an Approved Scan Vendor, meeting the latest strict requirements set by the PCI Security Standards Council, offering the most comprehensive, dependable external assessment of a payment network.Although conducting quarterly external assessments of the payment network is a key element in PCI compliance, merchants must also conduct frequent internal assessment of their payment networks in order to get a complete and accurate view of their PCI compliance status and how well they are protecting customer card data.In addition to the nCircle Certified PCI Scan Service, nCircle delivers a suite of automated solutions to help merchants achieve the most complete compliance and security assurance of their entire payment network through continuous external and internal risk and configuration assessment: 1. nCircle Configuration Compliance Manager(TM) includes PCI policy templates to automate continuous configuration and file integrity compliance across a customer’s payment network. Configuration compliance ensures that systems are configured in accordance with an organization’s strict guidelines to maximize data protection and minimize exposure to breaches 2. nCircle IP360(TM) captures comprehensive vulnerability and security risk information from all PCI-relevant systems on an organization’s external and internal payment network and guides a prioritized remediation program to achieve compliance 3. nCircle WebApp360(TM) provides detailed risk assessment of web applications, underlying operating systems, and adjacent applications in production environments to find and eliminate vulnerabilities to attacks such as cross site scripting and SQL injection 4. nCircle Security Intelligence Hub(TM) produces audit-ready PCI reports and dashboards that help customers quickly assess, manage and remediate areas of PCI non-compliance, while reducing audit costsnCircle solutions use nCircle’s patented agentless discovery technology to comprehensively profile every device on the enterprise network for over 17,000 security and compliance conditions using checks developed by nCircle VERT (Vulnerability and Exposures Research Team), the world leader in accurate and non-intrusive vulnerability and configuration research.”nCircle’s objective is to assist merchants achieve continuous PCI compliance at the lowest possible cost, while maximizing their customer card data security regardless of where it resides on the enterprise network,” said Sheldon Malm, Director of Security Research and Development at nCircle. “We are pleased to be only company with the experience and expertise to deliver the most comprehensive set of PCI solutions that deliver complete internal and external compliance assurance to ensure uninterrupted business for companies that depend on their payment network.”To learn more about nCircle’s PCI solutions, please visit . nCircle will also present its PCI solutions at RSA 2008, from April 7-10 in booth number 2017.About nCirclenCircle is the leading provider of agentless security risk and compliance management solutions. More than 4,000 enterprises, government agencies and service providers around the world rely on nCircle’s proactive security solutions to identify, measure, manage and reduce security risk and automate compliance on their networks. nCircle has won numerous awards for growth, innovation and technology leadership and has been ranked among the top 100 best places to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. nCircle is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices throughout the USA and in London, Toronto and Tokyo. Additional information about nCircle is available at . nCircle

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