ControlScan's Advisory Board Finds Education Key to Helping Small Merchants Become PCI Compliant

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - May 12, 2009) - ControlScan, Inc. (www.controlscan.com), the leading provider of PCI compliance and security solutions exclusively focused on small merchants, today announced the launch of its Advisory Board. The Board, which includes participants representing independent sales organizations (ISOs), banks and other industry experts, held its first meeting on April 22, 2009 during Electronic Transaction Association's Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Members of ControlScan's Advisory Board will meet regularly to share perspectives about the industry, discuss best practices and work together to overcome common challenges to increase PCI compliance adoption rates for small merchants.

"To small merchants, PCI compliance is like a foreign language," said Joan Herbig, chief executive officer, ControlScan. "The acquirers and ISOs that sit on our Advisory Board understand this and are ahead of many of their peers in the industry when it comes to developing ongoing education programs tailored to their small merchants. In the end, ISOs and acquirers that do the right thing and educate their merchants, demonstrating the value that PCI compliance can bring to their merchants' businesses, will be the ones that achieve and maintain high PCI compliance rates for their small merchant portfolios."

ControlScan's Advisory Board Members include:

--  Deana Rich, President, Rich Consulting (MODERATOR)
--  David Taylor, Founder, PCI Knowledge Base
--  Tammy Zimmerman, President, Payment Plus, Inc.
--  Diane Wasalino, Sr. Vice President, Merchant Card Services
--  Henry Helgeson, President/Co-CEO, Merchant Warehouse
--  Mike Cottrell, Vice President, Business Development, TriSource
    Solutions
--  Michael Trilli, Product Management Director, TSYS Acquiring Solutions
--  Dustin Niglio, President, Payment Logistics Limited
    

"I was very impressed by the knowledge and experience of the companies selected to participate on ControlScan's Advisory Board," said Deana Rich, moderator of ControlScan's Advisory Board and president, Rich Consulting. "They have a keen sense of the issues related to getting small merchants PCI compliant and are laser focused on developing the most effective methods to help their merchants achieve and maintain high security postures. I look forward to participating in the ongoing dialogues with the team."

For more information please call 1-800-825-3301 or visit www.controlscan.com.

About PCI Compliance Provider, ControlScan

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, ControlScan is the leading provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security solutions designed exclusively for small- to medium-sized e-commerce and retail merchants, which make up 98% of all merchants. ControlScan provides easy-to-use Web-based security solutions and a personal level of service that make it easy and cost-effective for these businesses to analyze, remediate and validate compliance. The company's core offerings are complemented by a number of value-added products that help merchants maintain a high security posture and market their achievements to shoppers, most notably Breach Protection insurance and Verified Secure security seals. ControlScan is the solution of choice for small merchants and acquirers because it offers security solutions that are built specifically with the small merchant in mind, a personal level of service and the best results. Acquirers and other merchant service providers rely on ControlScan to manage PCI compliance programs for their entire merchant portfolios to ensure maximum compliance rates. For more information about ControlScan call 1-800-825-3301 or visit www.controlscan.com.

Contact Information: Contact: ControlScan, Inc. Heather Varian Foster 678-279-2644