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nuBridges Secures Sensitive Credit Card Data for Nationwide Beauty Salon Retailer

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 08:15 CDT

Regis Corporation implements strong data encryption software to comply with the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard

ATLANTA, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- nuBridges, the secure eBusiness authority, announced today that Regis Corporation, the beauty industry's global leader in salons, hair restoration centers and cosmetology education, has implemented nuBridges Protect(TM) data encryption software to secure customer credit card numbers. The data encryption software helps Regis comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management as well as policies and procedures for the protection of payment card numbers.

Regis selected nuBridges Protect for its strong encryption and ability to protect confidential information across disparate operating systems and databases in a distributed enterprise. nuBridges Protect encrypts customer credit card numbers collected at Regis' proprietary point-of-sale (POS) terminals located in over 8,500 corporate-owned U.S. salons. The encrypted numbers are then securely transported to the company's central data repository in Minneapolis for storage and management.

"Protecting customer information against a breach was always a priority for Regis, but the passage of the PCI DSS introduced new procedures and methods for retailers to follow," said Bernie Rominski, Regis' IT Security Officer. "We selected nuBridges Protect for its ability to secure credit card numbers at the point of collection as well as in our centralized back office systems, with minimal impact on our processes and applications."

nuBridges Protect provides the tools and advanced encryption capabilities Regis needs to comply with PCI DSS and pass annual audits more easily, including:

• generating field-size-preserving surrogate values, called tokens, in lieu of credit card numbers to minimize systems impact;
• providing unified, full-lifecycle encryption key management to secure keys in compliance with PCI DSS requirements and to replace tedious, manual procedures with automation;
• logging all encryption, decryption and key management activity automatically and checking the integrity of the log file; and
• alerting of unauthorized attempts to decrypt credit card numbers to further guard against internal theft.

"Regis Corporation is a textbook example of how companies can leverage nuBridges Protect to fulfill specific distributed enterprise data security requirements, without impacting legacy systems or requiring modifications to applications," said Kim Addington, Chief Marketing Officer for nuBridges.

Over the past few years, numerous high profile external and internal data breaches have resulted in the theft of millions of credit card numbers. The adoption of PCI DSS and state breach notification laws, as well as pending federal data privacy laws, have prompted merchants to embrace more stringent security measures. For most merchants, this involves changing their security procedures, adopting new best practices and installing data security software that helps to meet compliance requirements and pass annual audits.

About nuBridges Protect

nuBridges Protect is an integrated encryption, key management and logging solution to protect sensitive data at rest in database fields, files, applications and associated backup storage to help companies comply with mandates like PCI DSS, HIPAA and government privacy acts. Proven in production use for business-critical operations, nuBridges Protect is protecting millions of credit card numbers for some of the most prominent retail brands in the industry.

About Regis Corporation

Regis Corporation (NYSE: RGS), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the beauty industry's global leader in beauty salons, hair restoration centers and cosmetology education. The Company owns, franchises or holds ownership interests in over 12,800 worldwide locations. More information is located at www.regiscorp.com.

About nuBridges

nuBridges is a leading provider of software and services to protect sensitive data at rest and in transit, and to transfer data internally or externally with end-to-end security, control and visibility. nuBridges encryption, key management, managed file transfer and B2B integration solutions are used to comply with security mandates and to digitally integrate business processes among enterprises, systems, applications and people. Over 3,000 customers depend on nuBridges secure eBusiness solutions to encrypt millions of credit cards, exchange billions of dollars in B2B transactions and enable countless business-critical file transfers including Walmart, Amazon.com, Timberland, American Eagle Outfitters, Belk, Bon Ton, Wachovia, Sun Trust, AIG, CheckFree, Bank of America and Verizon. nuBridges is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. More information is available at www.nubridges.com.

SOURCE nuBridges, LLC

Source: PR Newswire

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