Seems like Cisco has partnered with Cybertrust in creating some kind of PCI-geared hardware package / solution. Cybertrust is supposedly giving this amorphous hardware blob (I guess a hardware package can be customized for each scenario) the PCI checkmark. OK, so which company is going to purchase this package for its stores and tell its auditors, “we’re PCI complaint because we bought this crap”?

From their news release:

Part of the Cisco PCI Solution for Retail, a set of recommended and audited network architectures that can be tailored for each retailer’s specific store footprint and application needs, Cybertrust has provided its PCI subject matter expertise to validate that the Cisco solutions are optimized for PCI compliance. The Cisco PCI Solution architectures provide guidelines that help retailers manage the complexities associated with the PCI Data Security Standard.

Rrrrriiiiight….

Computerworld Australia warns against this as well.

Vet