LONDON -- ArcSight, Inc., a leader in Enterprise Security and Compliance Management solutions, today announced the ArcSight PCI Protection Suite, an integrated, solution that empowers merchants and processors to safeguard their organisations from cardholder or customer data breaches, insider threats and non-compliance risks across the breadth of PCI DSS requirements, thereby protecting their brand and customer trust.

The ArcSight PCI Protection solution comprehensively monitors compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) and is built on the award-winning ArcSight platform, which provides a foundation for compliance efforts across industry standards and government regulations. The ArcSight PCI Protection Suite is a comprehensive, scalable and cost-effective solution for protecting cardholder data and monitoring ongoing PCI compliance. Level one and two merchants across the retail, transportation, telecommunications, medical and financial markets have already selected the ArcSight PCI Protection Suite to secure their customers against the growing global threats to cardholder identity and data privacy.

The ArcSight PCI Protection Suite proactively protects cardholder data against breaches, insider threats and non-compliance risks across all 12 PCI requirements through:

Announced customers include AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., one of America's largest low-fare airlines; BFS Retail and Commercial Operations, LLC, the world's largest chain of company-owned car care centers; OfficeMax, a leading provider of office equipment and services; and Princess Cruises, one of the most recognised cruise lines in the world.

"AirTran Airways operates over 700 flights daily to over 55 destinations, and passengers primarily use major credit cards to purchase tickets," said Michelle Stewart, manager of data security, AirTran Airways. "Our customers place a high degree of trust in us to ensure that their credit card information is protected to the utmost level. We have been proactive with this objective and have selected ArcSight's PCI solution toolset to provide the most reliable protection available today."

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