Challenges
Retail companies are undergoing examinations and certifications by card associations, including Visa and MasterCard, to determine to determine their compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS). The PCI DSS have detailed requirements for companies to follow to protect their customer data. Today, companies are free to use customer information for their marketing programs and business strategy but if retailers are not proactive in protecting that data, they will face tighter compliance standards and affect their business plans. 
Retail firms have deployed traditional solutions such as network firewalls, virtual local area networks (VLANs) and/or network admission control (NAC) devices to protect customer data, but these solution may be inadequate and difficult to deploy and manage.
Solution
Apani® EpiForce® is a software based alternative to segmentation and “all-or-nothing” encryption. Unlike network firewalls, VLANs or NAC that control admission to the corporate network and basic access control, EpiForce isolates data and server inside the perimeter through logical security zoning and encryption of data in motion effectively eliminating the need to reconfigure the network for security. The solution reduces a retail company’s attack surface leading to a a simplified compliance procedure, reduced breach risk and assurance that their business plans are not affected.
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