E-commerce is quickly becoming a requirement for almost every retail business. While the demand for on-line purchasing grows, the threat to the safety of personal and financial information accessible though e-commerce expands. Credit card theft is the most popular form of financial fraud and exploitation in the world today. The threat to retail business extends from online shopping to supply chain management to integrated point-of-sale systems. The impact to business and consumers reaches billions of dollars worldwide. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was created to provide a framework for protecting cardholder information. All businesses that store, process, or transmit credit card numbers, including retailers, are required to comply with the PCI DSS. Retailers must not only comply with PCI but also consider the general risks involved with e-commerce-related technologies such as internet, RFID, and other wireless technologies, each of which have their own security vulnerabilities.

The VISA Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) mandates specific safeguards, policies, and practices that protect cardholder data from the point-of-sale through to the back-end merchant banking systems for transaction processing. Other data privacy and protection regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), California's SB 1386, the European Union Directive require systems and processes to protect personal and financial electronic data.

The threat to personal and financial information through retail channels is massive. Hackers are after identities and money. Clone Systems takes the security threat to the retail industry seriously. We provide 24x7x365 managed compliant security monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and reporting capabilities thatinclude IPS, firewall, and log monitoring.