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PCI COMPLIANCE

FIPS COMPLIANCE

HIPAA COMPLIANCE

 

Encrypting mission critical data is an integral component in helping companies fulfill compliance guidelines such as PCI DSS in the credit card industry, FIPS Validation for the government/military and HIPPA in the health care sector.

NetLib Encryptionizer® is the choice of more and more Fortune 1000 companies to protect their valuable information and help execute compliance strategies. Click on each heading for further information.

What is PCI Compliance?

PCI DSS is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

Why is PCI important?

This comprehensive standard is important as it is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data. The PCI DSS is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures.

How does NetLib help your company comply with PCI?

Using a single product or strategy alone will not make a company PCI DSS compliant, as most requirements are procedural in nature. However, NetLib's Encryptionizer helps to support the encryption portions of the standard, and it has become an increasingly integral component for executing PCI DSS compliance strategies.

What is FIPS?

FIPS stands for the Federal Information Processing Standard. FIPS 140-2 is a U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules.

The FIPS 140-2 standard is an information technology security accreditation program for cryptographic modules produced by private sector vendors who seek to have their products certified for use in government departments and regulated industries (such as financial and health-care institutions) that collect, store, transfer, share and disseminate "sensitive, but un-classified (SBU)" information.

Why is FIPS important?

Becoming FIPS validated provides customers with an optimum level of assurance that their sensitive data is protected. More importantly, it guarantees that a product’s stated security claim is valid according to legislative security restrictions set forth by government agencies for cryptographic modules.

How does NetLib help your company comply with FIPS?

NetLib received the FIPS 140-2 validation for its Encryptionizer® for SQL Server after months of rigorous testing and procedures. NetLib Encryptionizer is the only cryptographic module that offers two forms of encryption, while simultaneously enabling companies to meet this required standard of security protection issued by FIPS 140-2 validation.

What is HIPAA?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers.

Why is HIPAA important?

It helps people keep their information private.

The Administration Simplification provisions also address the security and privacy of health data. The standards are meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system by encouraging the widespread use of electronic data interchange in the U.S. health care system.

How does NetLib help your company comply with HIPAA?

While encrypting data is not required to comply with HIPAA, it is strongly recommended. NetLib’s Encryptionizer helps to support the AS provisions, and has become an increasingly integral component for companies executing HIPAA compliance strategies.