One Safe Place Media Corp Achieves PCI Data Security Standard Compliance for Third Consecutive Year for Online Business Backup Solutions

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) June 21, 2011

One Safe Place Media Corp, one of the country’s leading offsite data protection and Online Business Backup companies, now counts three years of meeting the stringent standards of the payment card industry for protecting the identity of credit and debit cardholders. One Safe Places data protection solutions which fulfill these security requirements include OSPEVAULT online server backup and Stratos from OSP for PC/Laptop and Mac backup.

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), endorsed by major credit card companies, applies to merchants, processors, acquirers, issuers, and service providers that store, process or transmit customer payment card data, and it defines a minimum set of information security controls for them. Many of One Safe Places customers are required to maintain PCI compliance in order to perform transactions with credit card entities and they must use PCI compliant service providers.

More than 50 of the Fortune 1000 and businesses across 27 countries trust One Safe Place to protect one of their most important assets their data. Founded in 1985, One Safe Place now counts 25 years experience and thousands of successful disaster recovery drills for clients as reasons for its continued growth.

“Security is the vital foundation of our OFFSITE AND ONLINE BUSINESS BACKUP solutions”, said Scott Scheffe, Director of IT, One Safe Place. We are committed to testing and confirming our processes meet the standards set forth by the PCI Security Standards Council.”

AT&T would like to congratulate One Safe Place Media Corp, an authorized AT&T partner, on their commitment to achieving PCI Data Security Compliance,” said Brad Shortal, Signature Client Director, AT&T. “Meeting the stringent standards of the payment card industry for protecting the identity of credit and debit cardholders is vitally important to our customers.

In addition to achieving PCI compliance, One Safe Places data protection solutions, OSPEVAULT and Stratos from OSP, offer data security features to safeguard information during transmission, storage and recovery. One Safe Places data protection solutions securely migrate customer information to the cloud and manage it long term. All data is held at One Safe Places secure data centers.

One Safe Place has achieved PCI DSS compliance for its data protection solutions for three years in a row.

About One Safe Place Media Corp

One Safe Place Media Corp (OSP), based in Dallas, TX, is an offsite data protection company, specializing in Online Business Backups, Offsite Tape Storage, Video Tape & Film Archiving and Media Destruction. Founded in 1985, One Safe Place became one of the first companies in North America to provide online business backups. One Safe Place protects more than 50 of the Fortune 1000 and businesses worldwide.

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One Safe Place Media Corp Achieves PCI Data Security Standard Compliance for Third Consecutive Year for Online Business Backup Solutions

Fourth-Annual IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference to Take Place Feb. 24-27 in WashASHINGTON

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (PRWEB) December 04, 2012

4 December 2012 IEEE, the world’s largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced its fourth-annual Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) 2013 conference, to be held Feb. 24-27, 2013, at the Washington (D.C.) Marriott Wardman Park. Hosted by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), the conference attracts smart-grid practitioners from around the world, including industry professionals, executives, researchers, policymakers and knowledge experts to discuss groundbreaking innovations in the smart grids technologies and many advancing applications.

Keynote addresses include Patricia Hoffman, assistant secretary for the Office of Electricity and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy; Mark Wyatt, vice president of smart grid and energy systems, Duke Energy; and Juan N. de Bedout, chief technology officer, GE Energy Management. Early-bird registration for ISGT 2013 ends Jan. 15, 2013.

Now in its fourth year, the ISGT conference has assembled some of the industrys top minds and professionals to further advance smart-grid innovation, said Saifur Rahman, ISGT 2013 conference chair.

According to a recently released survey commissioned by IEEE and conducted by Zpryme Research & Consulting, Europe and North America are the leaders in adopting and utilizing distributed generation, microgrids, and storage technology. The survey report, Power Systems of the Future: The Case for Energy Storage, Distributed Generation, and Microgrids, states that these regions stand to take the lead when it comes to developing and deploying next-generation distributed energy systems.

Rahman continued: The development and deployment of smart-grid technologies continues to be at the forefront of many conversations in the world of energy. Many of these pivotal discussions take place at ISGT, helping lead the industry to next-generation distributed energy systems solutions and adoption.

Conference attendees will hear and see paper and panel presentations and can participate in discussions on the following topics:

impact of smart grid on distributed energy resources (electric cars, demand response, distributed generation and storage);
smart sensors and advanced metering infrastructure;
cyber-security systems (intelligent monitoring and outage management);
wide-area protection, communication and control in energy systems;
power and energy system applications (generation, transmission, distribution, markets, operations and planning), and
energy management systems (with applications to building and home automation) and smart-grid standards.

ISGT conference co-sponsoring societies include IEEE-USA, IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, IEEE Industry Applications Society, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Systems Council and IEEE Signal Processing Society.

For more details on the ISGT 2013 conference including the list of speakers, sessions and registration information, visit http://ieee-isgt.org.

About IEEE Power & Energy Society

The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) is the leading provider of scientific and engineering information on electric power & energy for the betterment of society and a trusted resource dedicated to the technical, informational, networking and professional development needs of its members. With over 29,000 members around the globe representing every facet of the electric power and energy industry, PES is at the forefront of the rapidly changing technological advancements that impact everyones future. PES celebrated its 125th year of service in 2009. Additional information on IEEE PES can be found at: http://www.ieee-pes.org.

About IEEE

IEEE, a large, global technical professional organization, is dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Learn more at http://www.ieee.org.

Fourth-Annual IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference to Take Place Feb. 24-27 in WashASHINGTON