ComSec, Inc. and S.P.I. Dynamics, Inc. are engaging customers to proactive mitigation of security vulnerabilities by integrating quality application analysis early-on in project life cycles. ComSec brings the IT framework and industry knowledge while SPI Dynamics provides the application analysis tool sets. Customers are enabled to satisfy the new Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulations while improving the security of their online applications.

Version 1.1 of the PCI standards mandate organizations have independent review of custom applications. Initially this will be a best practice and will become a requirement by June 30, 2008. This is unprecedented amongst the deluge of current regulations. PCI has been seen as a leading edge, demanding regulation. This regulation is one which should have significant impact on the quality of applications supporting credit-card based transactions. As the other regulatory standards mature others are expected to adopt similar practice. ComSec provides independent web-application security assessment, and assists with the integration of countermeasure tools into development environments.

[This is an interesting standard which software developers in general would do well to study! --Ed].

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