Europe's Largest Regional Airline Selects RSA enVision(R) Technology To Help Protect Customers' Credit Card Data

BEDFORD, Mass., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA, The Security Division of EMC , today announced that Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, has deployed the RSA enVision(R) solution as a tool to help comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The PCI DSS is governed by the world's major credit card companies -- Visa, Mastercard and American Express, etc. -- and lays down strict guidelines for protecting the storage and access of customers' credit card data. By working with enterprise security specialist Gradian to deploy RSA's enVision platform, Flybe will be able to centrally track and monitor all access to network resources and safe guard card holder information.

Flybe has more than 20 million visitors to its website per year and 85 percent of bookings are taken online, resulting in vast amounts of confidential data being processed and stored over the internet. In order to comply with PCI DSS and to protect customers' card data, the company recognised that it needed to invest in technology that could automatically monitor events across the company network and help secure customer information.

Chris Cooper, IT security manager at Flybe said, "We needed a scalable technology that could monitor events across our network and manage sharp increases in information needing to be stored. After reviewing several options, we selected the RSA enVision platform because it is designed to provide us with a comprehensive view of network activity and instantly alert us about events that might present a risk to customers' confidential information."

Flybe has more than 2,000 devices connected to its databases, so it needed a technology that would research and investigate system and network events thoroughly. The RSA enVision platform is engineered to enable Flybe to quickly and efficiently troubleshoot incidents and find the root cause for events across the organisation. For example, if an employee adds a new application to the network, enVision technology is built to send an alert to the IT department and IT managers can then investigate its authenticity.

Damian Acklam, Managing Director at Gradian said, "Flybe makes it a priority to invest in technology that truly adds value to its business. The company needed to comply with PCI DSS, but also wanted a system that would easily integrate with its IT infrastructure and would enable IT managers to automate as many processes as possible."

The RSA enVision solution is engineered so that Flybe can manually create reports of network activity and then automate this process to repeat on a weekly or monthly basis. This tailored, built-in reporting process is built to enable IT staff to truly respond to business objectives, rather than simply responding to audits.

Richard Turner, VP, Sales and Operations, EMEA at RSA said, "The PCI Standard serves as a best practice method for protecting credit card holder data and provides a robust approach to securing information throughout its lifecycle. By working with RSA, Flybe will have access to technology that is designed to ensure that Flybe protects its customers' confidential information and ultimately, its own brand."

About the RSA PCI Resource Center

RSA this year introduced the RSA PCI Resource Center. This online portal includes four new white papers on the PCI Standard, a new monthly PCI podcast series, RSA PCI research, and a five-part Webcast series focused on the PCI Standard. In addition, the site includes links to key resources that will help banks, merchants and payment processors to better understand the PCI DSS and its many implications.

About Gradian

Gradian is one of the United Kingdom's premier enterprise security solutions companies specialising in the messaging market. It has over 150 customers through the UK and into Europe with a great Customer loyalty and retention rate due to its unrivalled support and service offerings.

Gradian sells knowledge, technology and services to solve problems and reduce risks associated with email security, instant messaging, encryption, and Governance. It works with global firms focused on mitigating IP, governance, compliance, and data security risks associated with the proliferation of mobile devices, users and applications.

About Flybe

Flybe is Europe's largest regional airline with 162 routes, operating from a total of 53 departure points, 23 UK and 30 European airports. Flybe recently won Flight International's "Best Management Team 2007" award, "Best Airline Website in the UK" at Wanderlust Magazine's 2007 Travel Awards and "Business Achievement Award" at the Franco-British Business Awards 2007.

Flybe is the largest scheduled airline at Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester, Southampton, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Belfast City. Flybe launched the aviation industry's first ever eco labelling scheme in June 07. Flybe offers the UK's first low cost customer loyalty scheme open to all passengers Rewards4all.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organisations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used.

RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control, encryption & key management, compliance & security information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit http://www.rsa.com/ and http://www.emc.com/.

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