PCI PARTNERSHIPS

Pinnacle selected Coalfire Systems as our Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) in 2006. Coalfire has a broad base of knowledge in many areas of security standards and is qualified to conduct PCI audits for both POS systems and retailers. Pinnacle has partnered with Coalfire to offer you an online Self-Assessment tool and a scan utility that will be available in a few weeks. These tools will determine which self-assessment is right for you and will guide you through the appropriate self –assessment questionnaire. The scan utility will help you complete your quarterly network scan requirement.

Through our partnership with our PCI auditor, Coalfire Systems, we are able to provide online assessment tools and scanning tools to help you meet the PCI requirements for Merchants that includes a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ). Pinnacle has partnered with Coalfire, an expert in PCI security, to provide this secure, online SAQ tool that enables retailers to understand, organize and complete their annual self-assessment activities. Through Coalfire’s innovative Navis platform retailers can access Rapid SAQ, a self-paced intuitive program. Rapid SAQ guides users through the assessment process in plain English and accurately completes the required SAQ.

www.coalfire.com

Pinnacle Palm POS provides forecourt control through Allied Electronics devices, ANDI or NeXgen. Allied is an important part of processing credit card transactions at the dispenser. Allied has added security enhancements and has achieved PCI compliance.

www.alliedelectronics.com/

Bit9 Parity enables Pinnacle clients to control and lockdown their workstations to meet and exceed the requirements of PCI DSS standards while maintaining the Windows user interface. Bit9 Parity is a flexible application that effectively uses both whitlelisting and lock down technology to give retailers the ability to control access on their store systems. Bit9 Parity allows retailers to comply with PCI DSS requirement #5. It is not a compensating control, it IS the control, and further anti-virus protection is not necessary. Contact Pinnacle to arrange for a demo or to purchase Bit9 products.

http://www.bit9.com/

American Technology Corporation (ATC) has helped companies centrally manage and automate IT systems, security, and data since 1991. ATC’s Omega family of products simplifies and accelerates the process of PCI compliance and retail system security. Omega solutions are available both as a hosted solution and as an installed solution at the customer’s data center. ATC’s solutions are used every day by major convenience store chains, independent operators, specialty retail chains, large food service chains, mobile field personnel, and corporate sales forces.

http://www.atcusa.com/index.php

Vendor Safe offers the only low-cost, comprehensive solution to achieve PCI compliance within 30 days.

Backed by a $50,000 TrustVault™ guarantee, VST provides its Self Configuring Firewall Architecture™ requiring no IP address changes along with a managed VPN to Levels 2, 3, and 4 merchants for a fixed, affordable fee.

Pinnacle has partnered with VendorSafe to provide simplified, low-cost PCI-DSS Compliance solutions such as Network Security, Data Access, Policies, Procedures, and Remote Access tools.