Verizon Business Enhances Compliance ScoreCard For Security Tracking

Verizon Business customers now have an enhanced tool to help them track their security activities against relevant standards and regulations.

The tool, an enhanced online dashboard, that is known as the Compliance ScoreCard and is part of the Verizon Security Management Program, also enables businesses to compare their security activities with those of industry peers.

"This latest Security Management Program enhancement is a direct reflection of customer demand for information specific to the customer's own vertical industry," said Mike Marcellin, vice president of global managed solutions, Verizon. "Customers look to Verizon Business to help them boost their security programs, and we are providing a solution that enables customers to manage and drive more value from their security initiatives."

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The ScoreCard allows companies to see at a glance how they and their industry peers -- in aggregate -- are performing against relevant security standards and regulations. Security standards tracked include ISO 27002, COBIT 4.1, PCI DSS 1.2 and HIPAA across key industries consisting of financial services, consumer/ retail, healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, utilities/ energy, insurance, technology, telecommunications, business services, government, transportation, media, entertainment/ leisure and charitable organisations.

In conjunction with the ScoreCard, the Security Management Program performs an assessment and analysis of a business' security programs. The results are used to generate a compliance percentage score from zero to 100, which shows how a business' security controls align with selected security standards and regulations. The compliance score and the comparison with industry peers provide businesses with a frame of reference that enables them to effectively evaluate their security activities.

Kerry Bailey, Verizon Business senior vice president of global services, said, "The measurable comparisons allow customers to better understand their compliance scores, helping them translate these scores into actionable business information."

The security compliance scores for all SMP customers in each industry are updated weekly and immediately reflected in the online ScoreCard, enabling customers to quickly determine how their security status compares with others in their industry and other industries of their choice, at any given time.