Patent ID: 8261342
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system to ensure compliance with data security standards for merchants that store, process, and transmit secure data, comprising: a security appliance located at a merchant's site, the merchant's site having a plurality of network devices, the security appliance identifying each network device from the plurality of network devices as being included in one of a first zone containing cardholder data and a second zone not containing cardholder data, the security appliance performing multiple security functions, the security appliance including: a display unit to provide information of compliance performance of the system on a secure basis; a back-end unit to automate and manage compliance-related tasks and data security events and to ensure integrity of the network devices; and a control unit to monitor compliance performance in real-time and to implement additional procedures required based on the monitored compliance to ensure that each network device included in the first zone containing cardholder data is compliant with payment card industry data security standards regardless of the compliance of each network device included in the second zone with the payment card industry data security standards.