SmartPROTECT™

SmartPROTECT is a network security provider that helps businesses ensure the safety of credit card transactions in the payment industry.

If your business accepts non-cash payments, you must secure and protect cardholders’ data based on PCI compliance rules set forward by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover Network.

How Do We Protect You?

Complete PCI and HIPAA compliance programs to protect you against data breaches.

Install a Free Firewall

We offer a professional firewall with lifetime maintenance & support that protects your cardholders from breaches and threats of the Internet. This is the most important step to compliance

Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program

We update and monitor our systems to accommodate any security vulnerabilities. Our team is proactively managing and updating the systems to patch against the latest vulnerabilities exposed every day. We also maintain the required PCI compliance log of every firewall.

Create a Secure Network

We preconfigure and set up a secure network that segregates your transactions, guest Wi-Fi, and miscellaneous traffic within your network to provide constant security.

The Benefits of SmartPROTECT™

Secure Your Network

In this data-driven business world, your company can be accessed and breached anywhere at any time from multiple devices. PCI compliance reduces the risk of a data breach occurring by making it more difficult for hackers to gain unauthorized access to your network. This essentially protects your network against unwanted break-in attempts.

Protect Your Cardholder’s Data

When cardholders make online or in-person transactions using their credit cards, they must be assured that their data will be safe. Protecting cardholders’ data is your responsibility and with SmartPROTECT, we make it easier.

Improve The Brand Reputation

Avoiding a data breach helps preserve your brand reputation and profits. A breach can be extremely costly in terms of a dollar spent to notify all cardholders, providing them with free credit monitoring to loss of brand reputation and trust.

Avoid Fined

PCI compliance can be extremely expensive including fines, attorney fees, non-compliance fees and more. After a breach, your business is imposed a per transaction fine, not to mention the requirement to notify every cardholder, paying for their credit monitoring, reversing damages or even facing lawsuits. Such expensive measures will expose your business to unwanted risk which is why over 40% of small businesses will close down after a breach, simply because they cannot afford the costs involved in the aftermath of a breach.

Steps to Become PCI and HIPAA Compliant

We make it easier to be PCI- and HIPAA-compliant.

We Determine Your Compliance

To understand which PCI compliance level your business falls under, you should find out how many transactions are made through your website and store.

We Install a PCI and HIPAA-Compliant Firewall

You are required to use a PCI and HIPAA-compliant firewall, segregate your network traffic, maintain a log, and update your firewall frequently to stay ahead of new threats.

We Implement a Vulnerability Management Program

You are required to run quarterly scans of your network in order to ensure there are no known vulnerabilities within your network and no exposed services for any unauthorized access.

You Fill Out The Self-Assessment Questionnaire

After we complete the quarterly scans. you will answer some questions on our portal in order to receive your proof of compliance.

You Submit Necessary Documents

The final step is presenting your filled documents to your payment processor as proof of compliance.

For more information about your PCI compliance responsibilities and what Vivant provides, read this Knowledgebase article.

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