Solidcore Joins PCI Security Standards Council as Newest Participating Organization

Helping Evolve Standard to Protect Payment and Cardholder Data

CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2008 — Solidcore® Systems, Inc., the leader in change audit and configuration control, today announced it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new participating organization.  As a participating organization, Solidcore will work with the Council to evolve the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS) and other payment card data protection standards. 

The PCI DSS, endorsed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., requires merchants and service providers that store, process or transmit customer payment card data to adhere to information security controls and processes that ensure data integrity.  As a participating organization, Solidcore is providing feedback on the standards and is part of a growing community of industry leaders focused on payment card data security.  In an era of increasingly sophisticated attacks on systems, adhering to the PCI DSS represents a set of best practices for protecting against data criminals.

"The PCI Security Standards Council is committed to helping everyone involved in the payment chain protect consumer payment data," said Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council. "By participating in the standards setting process, Solidcore is playing an active role in this important effort."

"By working with the PCI Security Standards Council, we are playing an instrumental role in helping advance the set of best practices for cardholder security," said Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of Solidcore.  "Solidcore is excited to count some of the largest retailers as our customers, and we are working closely with them to develop the best solutions for securing their critical payment systems."

About PCI Security Standards Council
The mission of the PCI Security Standards Council is to enhance payment account security by driving education and awareness of PCI security standards. For more information, please visit www.pcisecuritystandards.org.

About Solidcore
Solidcore is the leading provider of software to detect and prevent unwanted change.  Organizations worldwide trust Solidcore's change control software to improve IT compliance, security and availability.  Solidcore S3 Control™ easily automates PCI and SOX controls for compliance reporting, locks down critical systems to ensure only trusted applications run, and prevents change-related outages for improved service availability and accelerated ITIL adoption.  Solidcore is headquartered in Cupertino, California.  For more information, please visit www.solidcore.com.

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