Unity Bank Gets PCIDSS Certification

Unity Bank Plc has received the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Certification (PCIDSS), the global information security standard to help prevent card-related fraud.

Mrs. Adedoyin Odunfa, managing director of Digital Jewels while presenting the certificate to Unity Bank, said the bank has been at the forefront of good security and compliance and therefore attained the PCIDSS certification after achieving the ISO270001 last year.

Odunfa said, "It is a feat that is evidenced by the fact that it is a global certification and not a local one and so I will like to say that having attained this, yes, we congratulate ourselves, but we must look forward and ensure that we are able to sustain this certification."

Ado Yakubu Wanka, Unity Bank's managing director, in his remarks, said the bank is aware that banking is about confidence and as the world economy moves towards card related transactions, it becomes more important for customers to know that their data is safe with their bank.

"The work is just starting. We are the 5th to attain PCIDSS and the second to achieve both ISO270001 and PCIDSS but I think the challenge is in maintaining it. We must ensure that there is continuous improvement in what we do," he said.

The PCIDSS is a worldwide information security standard defined by the International Payment Industry Security Standards Council to help prevent card-related fraud through increased controls around data and its exposure to compromise.

Certification to PCIDSS is motivated by the need to give security to cardholder data as it has become an important medium in carrying out transactions by customers.