Premier League football clubs Sunderland
and Reading have
both recruited RandomStorm's online
security management service to protect their online sales and
comply with payment card industry
standards.
"Running a Premier League football club is like any other
multi-million pound business," said Roger Whitehill, Sunderland's
business management accountant. "We have a duty of care to ensure
that private and confidential data held on our networks is fully
protected."
All the major UK football clubs have developed online shops
through which fans can book and pay for match and season tickets as
well shop for their replica shirts, posters and other club
merchandise. RandomStorm's software holds PCI Approved Scanning
Vendor status, which means issuing banks will accept online credit
card transactions from the clubs.
In addition to the club's website Sunderland also runs a
sophisticated back office network that includes a VoIP phone
system. "We can schedule scans to run at regular intervals and
receive alerts if there are any problems in time to prevent a
security breach," Whitehill said. "The alternative would have been
to employ a specialist security person with all the costs that
would have entailed."
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