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November 26, 2008 - Chennai - Amtex Systems awarded PCI-DSS certification for handling credit cardholder information, Amtex Systems, a fast growing New York based IT consulting and services company, today announced that its Indian subsidiary and BPO division, Amtex Infotech Pvt. Ltd has successfully been awarded compliance status with the Payment Card Industry- Data Security Standard version 1.1 (PCI DSS). The certification was achieved after an extensive independent audit of Amtex Systems’ operations and processes conducted by SISA Information Security Pvt. Ltd, a qualified security assessor from PCI Security Standards Council.
The PCI DSS standard represents the best practices defined by VISA, Amex, MasterCard covering 12 industry-wide requirements for Security Management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measure, that service providers must adhere to in order to safeguard sensitive data. All level 1 providers must undergo an annual on-site PCI Data Security Assessment by an independent Qualified Security Assessor to retain compliance.
Sunny Pokala, President, Amtex Systems, said, “Being among the first few BPO companies in India to achieve the PCI DSS is a continued measure of our commitment to high data security and safety of the card holder data we access and process. The certification recognizes that Amtex systems has used the best practices and guidelines to protect sensitive cardholder data and minimize risk of financial losses
About Amtex Systems
Amtex Systems is a global IT Consulting and services provider, founded in 1997 by Indian technocrat entrepreneur Sunny Pokala. Headquartered at New York in The United States, Amtex Systems is ranked among the top four privately held companies in the segment, in New York region. With distinct strengths in IT consulting across verticals such as pharma, healthcare, retail and BFSI domains, Amtex Systems consults & services some of the world’s leading companies including Fortune 500 companies such as Pfizer, Intel, IBM and Johnson & Johnson. The company employs more than 1500 professionals globally and has twelve offices operating across six countries, earning over INR 400 crores.
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