Thursday, April 2, 2009

Accel Networks Receives Positive PCI-DSS Assessor Report, Renews CISP Certification

St. Petersburg, FL – March 30, 2009 – Accel Networks ("Accel") announced today the successful completion of its annual audit under the rules of the PCI-DSS – Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and that Visa has renewed Accel’s certification as a Tier 1 Compliant Provider. Accel provides multi-site retail and hospitality businesses with managed PCI-compliant wireless broadband networks, including payment processing and other secure data transfers.

Founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International, the PCI Security Standards Council is an independent body formed to develop, enhance, disseminate and assist with implementation of security standards for payment account security. Additionally, CISP is a certification program whereby Visa individually enforces PCI-DSS compliance among all merchants in their network. Accel is one of very few wireless broadband providers in the US to achieve PCI Compliance and CISP Certification.

"Our clients trust us with their customers' most sensitive data, their customers’ cardholder data," said Mark Gianinni, CEO of Accel Networks. "Helping merchants keep that data secure is the most important requirement of any retailer’s wide area network. That's why we work hard to achieve and maintain a PCI Compliant broadband solution for our customers."

To learn more about Accel's PCI-compliant network solutions, visit www.accel-networks.com.

About Accel Networks

Accel is the leading provider of managed fixed wireless broadband services in North America. Drawing on its experience in fixed wireless networking, Accel fused proprietary technology and intellectual property with the 3G GSM and CDMA networks and created the first PCI compliant broadband fixed wireless enterprise network. Accelerator™ brings together the availability, reliability, network management and security of terrestrial frame relay with the data throughput and price point of DSL, without the long lead times, complex installations, and high fallout rates of terrestrial broadband. For more information, visit www.accel-networks.com.

Contact:

Nick Carter

Carter and Company, LLC

317-594-9550
nick@carterandcompanyllc.com

Labels: PCI Compliance, PCI Compliant Broadband, PCI-DSS, Press Release