Credit Card Data Discovery

In order to secure credit card data at rest, you must have absolute knowledge as to where this data resides.  It is often left in unexpected places, in Excel spreadsheets, obscure databases and old transaction logs.  2′sec’s Credit Card Data Discovery service scans all visible servers and workstations on your network and tells you where unprotected card data can be found.

In 2006, IBM predicted that by 2010, the amount of data in the world will double every 11 hours.  In 2011, EMC predicted the amount of data produced globally is doubling every 2 years.  Whichever figure you believe, data storage on portable media, personal backup devices, company servers and in the cloud is growing at an alarming rate.  The more data your organization stores, the more likely that personal data, company confidential data and payment card numbers are also being stored.  With or without your knowledge.

2-sec’s credit card data discovery service uses industry leading tools and techniques to scour your network for particular types of data, working through four key phases:

  • Identification – Using advanced data detection and monitoring software, we can discover unprotected data at a rapid rate.
  • Protection – The data can be immediately segregated and protected from further use, or the source passively identified if production systems are being scanned
  • Deletion – Just dragging files to Deleted Items or the Trash can is not sufficient.  We ensure that discovered data is erased, using 3 pass or 7 pass technology
  • Assurance – Our host based agents are configured for continual background scanning, to detect any future sensitive data that is stored

With standards such as PCI DSS now mandating some form of data discovery, this is one risk you should no longer overlook.

We don’t stop at card data, either.  We can detect passport numbers, national insurance numbers, social security numbers, patient data, personal data and unsuitable content – be this pornographic images, pirate movies or music files.

We will also advise on how to adapt existing information security and acceptable usage policies and align with best practice industry standards.  Don’t leave it to your employees to decide.  Please get in touch today  and we will be very happy to discuss your credit card data discovery requirements.