Head of ADC Research Group Amichai Shulman Available to Discuss Impact of Update to Requirement 6.6 as June 30 Deadline Looms
WHO:
Amichai Shulman, CTO, Imperva
Mr. Shulman is also head of the Imperva Application Defense Center (ADC), the company’s application data security and compliance research organization. He is an expert on vulnerability scanning, code reviews, and application firewalls, as well as the leading regulatory compliance standards including PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, Basel II, and others.
WHAT:
On April 22, the PCI (Payment Card Industry) Security Standards Council published an update to the PCI DSS (Data Security Standard) titled, Information Supplement: Requirement 6.6 Code Reviews and Application Firewalls Clarified. Requirement 6.6 goes into effect on June 30, 2008. The supplement, although intended to clarify and provide additional guidance for complying with PCI DSS, impacts how organizations need to prepare for the June 30 deadline. Mr. Shulman is available to clarify and answer questions on the impact requirement 6.6 will have on the industry. Specifically, he can discuss the changes made to requirement 6.6, explain what impact they have for organizations that need to comply with 6.6, and provide recommendations on the most efficient means to achieve compliance. The Imperva ADC Research organization has prepared a technical briefing paper on meeting PCI DSS requirement 6.6.
WHERE:
Mr. Shulman is available via telephone call. The technical briefing paper is available at: http://www.imperva.com/solutions/pci/requirement_section_6.6.html
WHEN:
Mr. Shulman is available immediately upon appointment.
HOW:
Please contact Marc Gendron at marc@mgpr.net or 781-237-0341 to schedule a conversation with Mr. Shulman.
About the Imperva Application Defense Center
Imperva’s independent research organization, the Application Defense Center (ADC), is internationally recognized for its leadership in application security and compliance research and education. ADC research combines extensive lab work with hands-on practice in real world environments to ensure that Imperva’s products have the most advanced technology, up-to-date threat protection, and practical compliance automation on the market. The ADC also regularly works with vendors of commercial business application and database products to communicate newly discovered vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques to the market in an effort to raise overall awareness and protection.
About Imperva
Imperva, the Data Security leader, enables a complete security lifecycle for business databases and the applications that use them. Over 4,500 of the world’s leading enterprises, government organizations, and managed service providers rely on Imperva to prevent sensitive data theft, protect against data breaches, secure applications, and ensure data confidentiality. The award-winning Imperva SecureSphere is the only solution that delivers full activity monitoring from the database to the accountable application user and is recognized for its overall ease of management and deployment. For more information, visit www.imperva.com.
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Editorial Contact
Marc Gendron
(781) 237-0341
marc@mqpr.net
