The PCI Data Security Standard has evolved considerably and many of the additions to the standard as it moved from  version 1.0 to version 1.1 required greater control over access to internal network resources, particularly for systems that house cardholder data. These requirements are difficult and, in many cases, impossible to achieve using either traditional firewall technology or host-based identity management or access control systems.  Version 1.2 of the standard added significant new requirements regarding access control, web application security, and it changed a number of requirements in the area of wireless security.

Bradford’s Network Sentry family provides the robust identity management, endpoint compliance, and security policy enforcement capabilities that are needed by retailers and others in the payment card processing chain to not only comply with PCI, but to more effectively secure their networks.

Network Sentry greatly enhances the ability of payment card industry participants to comply with PCI DSS, addressing nine of the twelve high-level PCI DSS requirements.