CISP Certified Shopping Cart
MonsterCommerce achieved CISP compliance in the fall of 2005. The MonsterCommerce storefront system is a CISP Certified Shopping Cart and also PCI compliant.
As Visa and MasterCard attempt to combat increases in credit card fraud, banks and merchants face possible
penalties for non-compliance with payment card industry security standards. MonsterCommerce provides secure and CISP certified shopping carts and merchant
accounts for businesses of all sizes.
What is Visa CISP?
Visa's Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) is designed
to ensure that all merchants and that store, process, or transmit Visa cardholder data, protect it properly. To achieve CISP compliance,
merchants and service providers must adhere to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.
Click here to view Visa's CISP regulations.
What is PCI?
The PCI Standard is the result of collaboration between the four major credit card brands to develop a single
approach to safeguarding sensitive data. The PCI standard defines a series of best practices for handling, transmitting and storing
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How do you become CISP Compliant?
Every party or software that participates in the credit card processing chain must be CISP certified to meeting compliance requirements.
For e-commerce merchants, the processing chain typically includes the Storefront System, which collects the credit card data from the customer,
the Payment Gateway and Merchant Account, which process the credit card, and the hosting or data center infrastructure on which the online
store and gateway reside.
MonsterCommerce offers merchants CISP compliant elements to link the processing chain from start to finish.
- MonsterCommerce Storefront System
MonsterCommerce builds software from a secure architecture framework. Keeping security in mind when designing every feature and every line of code has propelled MonsterCommerce to the forefront of the e-commerce software industry.
- MonsterCommerce Hosting
MonsterCommerce's ecommerce servers are located in a state of the art, SAS70, SOX, CISP/PCI compliant datacenter. With up to date security equipment, robust firewalls and sophisticated physical security, MonsterCommerce fully protects all ecommerce data.
- MonsterMerchantAccounts - Powered by BankCard Central
MonsterCommerce offers a fully CISP/PCI compliant merchant account. All parties including the bank and the payment gateway are CISP compliant.
By taking advantage of MonsterCommerce's complete solution, your business will be eligible for MonsterCommerce's One Click Compliance program. This program allows you to fill out a simple questionnaire and have the compliance paperwork printed for you. All you have to do is print and mail the CISP/PCI self assessment.
One Click CISP/PCI Compliance
Merchants who collect, process or store credit card information are required by Visa and MasterCard to meet the new PCI security standard by June 30, 2005.
There are various merchant levels that dictate each business's mandated level of compliance. At a minimum, Visa recommends that each merchant
submits a ROC (Report on Compliance) and undergo a vulnerability scan.
MonsterCommerce understands that the certification process can be somewhat confusing and overwhelming. To help in this effort, MonsterCommerce is proud to announce an
alliance with ScanAlert, the world's leading web site security certification service. Through this alliance, MonsterCommerce will become the first full service ecommerce
platform provider to provide an easy one-click compliance at no additional cost. This program allows merchants to undergo the required vulnerability scan and complete
the ROC in a few easy clicks.
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