SmartSec™ for PCI Compliance

Ruckus ZoneFlex™ helps retailers to meet PCI data security standards.

Introduction

In an effort to stem security threats and secure the credit card data of consumers, a consortium of five credit card companies founded the PCI Security Standards Council in 2004. They jointly agreed to establish and adopt a common set of guiding principles, and created a set of very specific requirements for meeting them. These principles have become known as the “Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard” or “PCI DSS”. The PCI DSS includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. This comprehensive standard is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data. PCI compliance is mandatory for all merchants that store, process or transmit credit card data through retail stores, mail order, telephone order and online sites. Merchants must therefore pay particular attention when establishing, testing, and maintaining all components of their information system’s infrastructure relating to cardholder data.

Due to the dynamic nature of retail businesses, wireless technology has been well received and has become ubiquitous throughout those organizations. From business offices to warehouses, and all the way to the POS, the need to quickly change has made the technology essential. This dependence requires network managers to carefully consider the implications of the wireless exposure to their network security.

Ruckus Wireless understands that the procurement guidelines for many retailers, hotels, and other corporations required to meet PCI guidelines. As a leading vendor of Smart Wi-Fi systems and the inventor of Smart Wi-Fi, Ruckus Wireless is committed to providing solutions that meet PCI requirements.

To that end, Ruckus Wireless has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a participating organization. As a Participating Organization, Ruckus Wireless is actively working with the Council to evolve the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) and other payment card data protection standards.

This paper will present a summary of security concerns in a WLAN deployment, and will discuss Ruckus Wireless’ solution for a secure, and monitored WLAN environment that protects itself against malicious activity and maintains PCI compliance.

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