Elavon and Trustwave Align to Provide PCI DSS Merchant Program

Elavon, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), and Trustwave have formed an alliance to provide Level 4 card-present merchants throughout Germany with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance validation solutions. Trustwave is the leading provider of on-demand data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and organizations throughout the world.

PCI DSS is the payment card industry security requirement for entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data, and has been endorsed by all the major card brands – Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, Discover Network, American Express and JCB. Merchant compliance requirements are segmented into four levels based on the number of transactions a merchant processes annually. Level 4 merchants are defined as those that process fewer than 20,000 e-commerce transactions and/or fewer than 1 million single card transactions per year.

Committed to assisting merchants in meeting their compliance obligations within the PCI DSS, Elavon will provide card-present merchants with Trustwave’s on-demand compliance management technology, TrustKeeper®, which provides the tools necessary to validate PCI DSS compliance including the required quarterly network vulnerability scans.

Elavon will offer its merchants access to additional Trustwave technology and services to support real-time compliance. Such tools include TrustKeeper Agent, an on-site monitoring software that performs policy checks and inspects for prohibited data storage on any system which it is installed. Other services include SSL certificate deployment for e-commerce merchants and help desk support for those organizations requiring additional support to become PCI DSS compliant.

“Elavon utilizes Trustwave as a global resource to help small businesses better secure the credit card information they store, process or transmit,” says Dana Poynter, vice president, Card Association Compliance at Elavon. “Trustwave’s security technology is the foundation of our end-to-end compliance solution for our merchant population.”

“PCI DSS enhances an organization’s security posture, while also demonstrating the importance of protecting personal account information,” says Robert J. McCullen, chairman and CEO of Trustwave. “Our proprietary technology can validate and maintain PCI DSS compliance, which is especially beneficial for smaller merchants struggling with data security initiatives.”

“All merchants have the responsibility of keeping consumers’ identities and payment information secure and our technology greatly simplifies the process of attaining PCI DSS compliance,” says Andrew Henwood, Director of EMEA Operations for Trustwave.