Allows eMerchants to achieve compliance with a personalized guide that will assist them throughout the PCI questionnaire and Data Security Standard.

Comodo, a Certification Authority and security company, today announced a new information risk and compliancy solution called Painless PCI. The company claims that the foundation of this program is a web-based wizard that provides customized, step-by-step, guidance for completion of the PCI Self Assessment Questionnaire, an element of the compliance process. It says that the Painless PCI program was specially developed for Level 3 and 4 merchants who conduct up to a million annual transactions. With this offer, eMerchants can achieve compliance with a personalized guide that will assist them throughout the PCI questionnaire and Data Security Standard, it adds.

The company further adds that the integrated program delivers PCI compliance expertise on security solutions and processes needed to achieve compliance. It says that the free program is delivered within a web-based wizard that creates and manages a remediation plan based on each merchant's individual circumstance. It further articulates that the PCI program includes HackerGuardian PCI Compliance Wizard and PCI approved Comodo Security Solutions.

"Issues around compliancy and risk mitigation are rapidly becoming more critical for e-businesses to address", said Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and Chief Security Architect for Comodo. "Comodo has changed the model of how merchants can be supported in their critical compliancy and risk mitigation needs with our Painless PCI program. As a Certification Authority, it is important we actively support improving the level of compliance and security within the ebusiness community. The PCI Program makes PCI compliancy achievable and painless for virtually any online business."