RMS India Achieves PCI Compliance

RMS, a leader in Accounts Receivable (A/R) management and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) for the optimization of working capital, is proud to have achieved PCI (Payment Card Industry) Compliance for Visa® and MasterCard® for their RMS India operations. The PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standards) is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. The standard for achieving compliance in India is identical to that required for U.S. companies, where RMS is already PCI Compliant.

“Since PCI Compliance is a key customer requirement and vital component of our IT security management program, RMS is very proud to have now expanded our compliance certification to include India,” stated Walter Kristick, RMS CIO.

Anil Kumar, RMS India’s COO adds “This PCI Compliance in India provides RMS customers the additional advantages of enhanced security standards for the off-shoring of back-office processes related to the payment card industry and their requirements.”

To be a PCI Compliant vendor, the following requirements must be achieved:

• Build and maintain a secure network

1. Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect data

2. Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters

• Protect cardholder data

3. Protect stored data

4. Encrypt transmission of cardholder data and sensitive information across public networks

• Maintain a vulnerability management program

5. Use and regularly update anti-virus software

6. Develop and maintain secure systems and applications

• Implement strong access control measures

7. Restrict access to data by business need-to-know

8. Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access

9. Restrict physical access to cardholder data

• Regularly monitor and test networks

10. Track and monitor all access to network resources and cardholder data

11. Regularly test security systems and processes

• Maintain an information security policy

12. Maintain a policy that addresses information security

About RMS
RMS, headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, India and China, provides working capital optimization through Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Recovery Services. The company provides its customers worldwide with outsourcing capabilities in areas such as finance and administration, receivables (order-to-cash), and customer contact/data entry services.

RMS also provides a continuum of Recovery Services ranging from traditional collections through legal litigation and bankruptcy services. Since 2005, RMS has been a portfolio partner of Citi Venture Capital International (https://www.citigroupai.com/cvci).

For more information about RMS, please visit our website at www.rmsna.com.