Sourcefire Partners with Industry Leaders to Discuss New PCI Requirements on Virtual Systems
COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIRE), the creator of Snort® and a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, today announced that senior security experts from Sourcefire, Citrix and VMware will present a webinar to discuss the impact of the new Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council guidelines on customers. The companies will leverage their experience in the security industry and the PCI Council’s Virtualization Special Interest Group (SIG) to provide recommendations for addressing new and more specific PCI security guidelines within virtual environments.
During the presentation, Kurt Roemer, chief security strategist at Citrix, George Gerchow, director of VMware’s Center for Policy and Compliance, and Richard Park, senior product manager at Sourcefire, will offer insights into the effect these new guidelines will have on key PCI requirements. In this webinar, attendees will learn best practices for implementing guidelines within cloud computing and mixed-mode environments, as well as technical insights from sample virtualized reference architectures.
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“Understanding PCI’s New Virtualization Guidance” |
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| Who: | Kurt Roemer, Chief Security Strategist at Citrix, Chair of PCI Virtualization SIG and Member of PCI Board of Advisors | |
| George Gerchow, Director of VMware Center for Policy and Compliance and PCI Virtualization SIG Member | ||
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Richard Park, Senior Product Manager at Sourcefire and PCI Virtualization SIG Member |
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| When: | Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 11:00am – 12:00pm ET | |
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Sourcefire also recently published a report to help customers understand the PCI Council’s new virtualization guidelines. The report explains key PCI requirements affected by virtualization and offers a three-step process for security and virtualization teams to achieve compliance for virtualized platforms. The report can be accessed at http://www.sourcefire.com/pcivirt.
About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), is a world leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions. Sourcefire is transforming the way Global 2000 organizations and government agencies manage and minimize network security risks. Sourcefire’s IPS, RNA® (Real-time Network Awareness) and Real-time Adaptive Security solutions equip customers with an efficient and effective layered security defense – protecting network assets before, during and after an attack. Through the years, Sourcefire has been consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership by customers, media and industry analysts alike – with more than 50 awards and accolades. Today, the name Sourcefire has grown synonymous with innovation and network security intelligence. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit http://www.sourcefire.com.
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