Certain Software, leader of event management solutions  for the global meetings and events planning industry, has for the 3rd year in a row successfully passed the annual onsite audit for PCI Service Provider Level 1 compliance!  PCI Service Provider Level 1 is the highest level of compliance for securely collecting credit card payments over the web, intended for companies with the capacity to handle the most massive online credit card transaction volume.  To prove compliance, we had to undergo an extensive, on-site Annual Security Audit performed by a PCI approved Quality Security Assessor.  Certain Software’s customers, as PCI Merchants, are always assured the greatest security and ease of meeting their own compliance requirements.

As a meeting planner, choosing an audited PCI compliant vendor is crucial to success.  Not only are there various penalties associated with using a non-PCI compliant vendor, but gateway access can also be terminated by Credit Card companies if the payment gateway isn’t compliant.  The most important aspect of using a PCI compliant vendor though, is providing a safeguard for customer data.  The best reason to choose a PCI compliant vendor is to protect your event registrants. If customer identity and business references are important to you than you must protect them at all costs.

 To read more about data and security issues, please visit http://www.certain.com/security_privacy