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The New PCI Requirement: Application Firewall Vs. Code Review

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Overview Those enterprises which handles credit card information, must meet the requirements under the new Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard version 1.1 (PCI DSS). With PCI requirement 6.6, the brand new Web application security requirement, and its company's choice - they can have their code reviewed by an external company or they can install a Web Application Firewall. This paper details PCI requirement 6.6, the issues, the products involved, and the costs associated with choosing a code review versus selecting an application firewall.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Imperva	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2006	Downloads	3
Format	White Papers
Topics	Firewalls, Security Management, Security Tools

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