The November Group strives for excellency in providing our customers with a sense of trust and confidence when using our products, custom developed web solutions or web hosting solutions. To this end, we have worked diligently to meet the standards for PCI/DSS compliancy. As the only Web Hosting provider listed with Visa Canada’s Account Information Security (AIS) Program which is a joint interoperability security effort of Visa and MasterCard, we are pleased to extend this certification to our customers to offer the utmost safety and security of our client’s data management and e-commerce applications.
The Account Information Security Program
(Excerpt from Visa.ca)
Welcome growth in card usage over the Internet has brought with it the storage of larger quantities of account information by e-commerce merchants and service providers. To protect the integrity of cardholder data, all such entities must be more vigilant in safeguarding sensitive data. Consumers believe that it is more secure to buy goods and/or services in the store. Visa is committed to supporting Members, merchants and their agents in addressing both the risks and the fears that inhibit the potential for growth in the e-commerce market.
The Account Information Security Program is designed to protect Visa Account and Transaction Information, safeguarding both the integrity of operations and the goodwill of cardholders. Although the initial focus of AIS was on E-commerce merchants, it now applies to all entities (all Merchants, Processors, Service providers etc.) who process, store, transmit or access account or transaction information.
Visa has an ongoing commitment to protecting the integrity of Visa Account and Transaction Information. Visa will update this site periodically to provide standards, guidelines, tools and services for the benefit of all Visa payment system participants.
The program is a standards-based, proven methodology that enables users to achieve an immediate improvement in the system-wide level of security. The program applies to any entity that stores Visa account data. All such entities will be required to store this information in a safe and secure manner, and a set of Security Standards have been put in place in order to help achieve a secured environment.
To achieve compliance with AIS, merchants and service providers must adhere to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, which offers a single approach to safeguarding sensitive data for all card brands. This Standard is the result of a joint interoperability security effort of Visa and MasterCard and is designed to create common industry security requirements, incorporating the AIS requirements.
To read more about the “Visa Canada – Account Information Security (AIS) Program” please visit:
http://www.visa.ca/en/merchant/fraudprevention/ais/
To view the “List of Service Providers that Validated Compliance with PCI DSS” please visit:
http://www.visa.ca/en/merchant/fraudprevention/ais/providers.cfm
