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Several recent highly publicized security data breach situations highlight the need to continue "fine tuning" IT security safeguards on a continual basis. Well-respected companies like Heartland Payment Systems maintained compliance per the stringent Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). They were fully compliant yet suffered a devastating loss form a cyber attack. The attack was sophisticated and demonstrated that the testing of controls must become more sophisticated in response.
In addition to countering the threat from cyber attack, penetration testing is rapidly being adopted as a key element of several compliance programs to include the banking sector and section 11 of the updated PCI DSS. Accordingly, Coalfire offers two levels of penetration testing.