Harrods has today announced that it has acquired the services of Apani
Networks and its EpiForce security solution, as part of its programme to
ensure compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
(PCI-DSS).
“We are delighted to be working with Harrods as part of their future
compliance programme”
The agreement is a three year contract which will be implemented across
their Knightsbridge store and airport outlets, as part of Harrods
commitment to providing the most up-to-date protection for customers
credit-card data.
PCI-DSS is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment
data security. Developed by the founding payment brand names of the PCI
Security Council, including Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, American
Express and JCB International, the PCI-DSS standard is intended to help
organisations proactively protect customer account data.
EpiForce, Apanis flagship software product, allows an organisation to
protect data and network communications by isolating end users, servers,
clients and mission critical data into security zones, for networks with
physical or virtual systems, regardless of platform or physical
location. In addition, EpiForce enables the automatic encryption and
decryption of data in motion. It can be installed, deployed and
configured on top of existing networks without requiring changes to the
network infrastructure.
We are delighted to be working with Harrods as part of their future
compliance programme, said Allen Wise, Managing Director of Apani
Europe. As one of the worlds most instantly recognised brand names,
Harrods places great importance on the value of protecting their
customers and confidential data. Our software-only approach to
segmentation and encryption provides an additional layer to enhance
their existing systems.
About Apani & EpiForce
Apani is a leading provider of network segmentation and encryption of
data-in-motion for large enterprises, protecting an organisations
internal network and business-critical data from intruders.
EpiForce provides flexibility and efficiency not available with
traditional network security solutions. Based on software, EpiForce is a
distributed, centrally-managed solution that is transparent to users,
applications and infrastructure making it quicker to deploy and less
costly to manage than any hardware-centric solution.
Based in Brea, Southern California and with offices in Theale,
Berkshire, Apani was founded in 2003 and is privately held. More
information about the company may be found at www.apani.com
or call +44 (0)118 92
Source: Business Wire