Orlando, Fla., September 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, over 1,000 global stakeholders in the payment card industry (PCI) will attend the sixth annual PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) Community Meeting in North America. Ground Labs, a prominent developer of cardholder data discovery software for the payment card industry, will sponsor this year's event in Orlando Florida and participate in the Vendor Showcase.
The PCI SSC Community Meetings provide an opportunity for SSC members to learn from each other's experience implementing the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Participants also have opportunities to make suggestions for future versions of the Standards and learn about best practices for protecting cardholder data as they interact with software developers and other service providers in the industry.
With offices located across 3 continents, Ground Labs is one of the international sponsors of the upcoming Community Meeting. The company's flagship products, Card Recon and Enterprise Recon, identify data storage risks on thousands of computer systems worldwide, helping companies prevent security breaches that result in the theft of customers' credit and debit card numbers.
"Within this unique industry group, we continue to drive new advancements in solving the complex challenge of keeping customer cardholder data safe to assist organisations avoid becoming the next data breach headline," said Stephen Cavey, Director of Corporate Development for Ground Labs. "The Community Meetings offers a unique opportunity to interact with many of our global partners and enterprise merchant customers to gain invaluable feedback that leads to further product improvements which the entire industry can benefit from."
Card Recon and Enterprise Recon assist organisations in thoroughly identifying rogue cardholder data in all types of data storage, including emails, databases, documents and various other locations. This process is becoming a critical step toward achieving compliance with the PCI DSS.
The Vendor Show case will present an opportunity for participants to interact with a broad variety of vendors servicing the payment card industry and learn about their important work in field of cardholder data security. As a participant in the Vendor Showcase, Ground Labs will provide live demonstrations of its Card Recon software for Qualified Security Assessors and of its Enterprise Recon software for large merchant organisations.
The 2012 North American Community Meeting will be held September 12-14 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. A similar European Community Meeting will be held October 22-24 in Dublin, Ireland. Ground Labs will sponsor both events. Additional information about the 2012 PCI SCC Community Meetings is available online at www.pcisecuritystandards.org/communitymeeting/2012/.
About Ground Labs
Ground Labs is a global leader in the development of cardholder data discovery software for the payment card industry. Its flagship products, Card Recon and Enterprise Recon, identify data storage risks on thousands of computer systems worldwide, helping companies prevent security breaches that result in the theft of customers' credit and debit card numbers. For more information and product demos, visit www.groundlabs.com.
For more information, please contact:
Stephen Cavey
media@groundlabs.com
+65-3133-3133
www.groundlabs.com
