Hitachi Sunway Guarantees High Level of Data Security

The first data centre service provider in Thailand to receive Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification

BANGKOK, THAILAND, July 18, 2017 --- Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“Hitachi Sunway”), a leading one-stop IT services and solutions provider in ASEAN, and Hitachi Sunway Information Systems (Thailand), Ltd. today announced their Data Centre in Bangna, Bangkok has obtained the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance certification.  

PCI DSS is the most rigorous, industry-recognized payment account data security standard available globally.  This certification highlights the company's commitment to maintaining the highest standards of data integrity and providing completely secure payment card transaction processes for customers. PCI-DSS compliance is crucial for any business involved with handling payments information.  

Hitachi Sunway data centre in Bangkok is the first service provider in Thailand to provide stringent data security standard that focuses on security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design, and other critical protective procedures – for merchant or service provider that uses, stores or transmits information from a payment card.

“Hitachi Sunway is committed to maintain data security of all our customers by proactively pursuing and attaining the rigorous PCI-DSS certification.  Our decision to pursue PCI-DSS compliance positions our data centre at the cutting edge of security requirements and demonstrates our dedication to data protection, investment in a secure infrastructure and delivery of proven services to protect the interests of our customers,” Ralph Tay, Managing Director of IndoChina at Hitachi Sunway, said.

By shifting the pain of PCI-DSS compliance accreditation to us, customers can focus their resources on their business.  Customers can also save on resource and cost when they subscribe to our PCI-DSS compliant data centre.  Our data centre is supported by the best networks and infrastructure.  

Hitachi Sunway also own data centres in Malaysia and Singapore.  Besides PCI-DSS compliance, our data centres is also ISO 27001, ISO 20000 and ISO 50001 certified.

“We observed that organizations prefer to engage with business partners who meet data privacy and other regulatory requirements even if they’re not bound by the regulations.  Hence, our PCI-DSS and ISO compliant data centres is what sets us apart from our competition,” Ralph added.

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