PCI Compliance: Offense Is the Best Defense

[TechNews]

 Even established e-commerce companies find that the right hosting partner can make a difference by performing a gap assessment that addresses specific requirements for application, network, physical and database compliance. Custom vulnerability scripts and software that ensures application, network, physical and database compliance are among some of the services provided hosting partners.  They might also offer intrusion scans, egress filtering and other security compliance services.  The end-result can be a significantly reduced overall cost of compliance, without cutting corners.