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PCI & Strong Access Control: The Shortest Distance to Compliance

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Overview Of the many challenges involved in complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) designed to prevent the theft of consumer credit card information, one of the most difficult involves the group of requirements related to what the standard calls Strong Access Control Measures. This paper outlines a strategy that enables organizations to fully address all components of Requirement 8 with minimal effort, using an approach that incorporates enterprise single sign-on technology, strong authentication and shared account management in a single technology platform that also streamlines user provisioning.

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Publisher	Passlogix	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Standards, Security Management, Data Recovery - Security

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