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Veracode SecurityReview for PCI compliance

Turn manual code reviews into an automated, cost-effective process to achieve PCI DSS and PA-DSS compliance and meet the June & July 2008 deadlines for application security reviews.

PCI Primer Podcast

Guide to Application Security for PCI

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- PCI 6.6 Compliance Webcast
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- PCI Guide for Merchants and Service Providers
- PCI Guide for Payment Vendors

Veracode PCI SecurityReview

Veracode helps organizations meet the application security and code review requirements of the PCI standard. As an expert in application security, Veracode is in a unique position to provide an independent assessment and standards-based rating to ensure your applications comply with PCI DSS and PCI PA-DSS. Unlike costly and labor intensive manual code analysis, Veracode’s on-demand service allows organizations to automate application reviews and receive results within 24-72 hours. This revolutionary approach means organizations can simplify their compliance efforts by using a single provider for all their PCI application security needs.

For Merchants and Service Providers

According to research by Gartner and Symantec, close to 90 percent of software attacks are aimed at the application layer. Thus, it comes as no surprise that the PCI DSS has made application security one of its cornerstones. Requirements 6.3.7, 6.5 and 6.6 identify specific steps in secure application development and deployment which organizations must meet in order to achieve PCI compliance. Additionally, in June of 2008, section 6.6 became mandatory and companies must have their custom application code reviewed for vulnerabilities by an independent application security organization or install a web application firewall. However, Gartner recommends code review as the preferred method for securing applications and to only use web application firewalls when code reviews are not feasible.

For Payment Software Vendors

Visa Payment Application Best Practices (PABP) standard applies to software vendors who develop payment applications that store, process, or transmit cardholder data as part of authorization or settlement. PCI has adopted Visa’s PABP and released a new standard called the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS). Payment Software Vendors will need to certify their products to PA-DSS and demonstrate that their application code has undergone vulnerability analysis per the requirements specified in section 5. Visa has mandated that after July 2008, only certified payment software can be used for new deployments.

Business Requirement	Veracode Solution
Require clear and concise analysis of vulnerabilities that provide a measurable risk rating against a known standard	Standards-Based Ratings - Veracode combines MITRE’s Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for classification of software weaknesses and FIRST’s Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) which provides a practical way to assess application security and risk
Custom application code must be reviewed by an organization that specializes in application security	Independent & Trusted Review – Veracode meets the PCI definition of an organization specializing in application. The Veracode team has deep security and industry expertise from industry-leading security and services companies such as @stake, Symantec, Guardent, VeriSign and Salesforce.com.
Develop a process for periodic custom application code review on a consistent basis and re-evaluate application code after corrections or changes are made	Automated Scanning - Allows organizations to schedule application and remediation reviews on-line without the need to re-engage consultants who manually review lines of code
Simplify application code review processes across multiple applications and dispersed development teams	Deploy Rapidly & Globally - Veracode provides a single web portal for teams to centrally collaborate on desperate projects with executive rollup dashboards to gauge overall status
Meet PCI requirements for outsourced or 3rd party custom applications where source code is not available	Integrated gray-box testing - Veracode is the only vendor that integrates both dynamic and static binary code analysis without requiring access to source code
Reduce the cost associated with specialized consultants who manually review application code	Security Expertise without High Costs – Veracode provides industry-leading security expertise without the high costs of manual reviews or investment in software and other infrastructure.

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Enterprises today have a lot riding on secure application development. Veracode SecurityReview is the world's first automated, on-demand, application security testing solution that uses binary analysis and web application security testing to provide code security analysis. And with no costs for hardware or software or the personnel to manage it, enterprises can achieve software security assessment more cost-effectively.

Veracode SecurityReview® solution delivers static, dynamic, and manual penetration testing in a single service. Instead of purchasing separate dynamic and static application security assessment software and having to install it, train employees on it, maintain, and upgrade it, Veracode offers a testing solution that is built on the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.

PCI compliance requires companies to meet application development security standards to protect customer credit card data and account information from hackers or malicious system intrusion. To achieve PCI compliance, businesses must certify that they can develop and deploy secure software applications by ensuring Web applications are not susceptible to common vulnerabilities and that custom application code has been reviewed by independent application security audit experts. For many businesses and merchants around the world, PCI DSS compliance is most effectively and cost-efficiently achieved with Veracode.

As a growing number of cyber security threats are directed at the application layer, software procurement and risk management has become a more difficult task. Veracode has developed a first in the software security testing industry—an automated, on-demand, application security testing solution that offers comprehensive acceptance testing with higher accuracy, lower cost, and faster results.

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