Dairy Queen® Selects Vendor Safe Technologies as Its Endorsed & Preferred PCI Compliance Provider

HOUSTON, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- American Dairy Queen Corporation (ADQ) has selected Vendor Safe Technologies™ as an endorsed and preferred provider of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliance solutions to its network of 5,000+ North American locations.

Through the alliance, Vendor Safe will support ADQ's initiative to help franchisees secure their payment card processing systems, keeping customers' card data and personal information safe from hackers, thieves and other potential threats using Vendor Safe's PCI Managed Security Suite™.   Vendor Safe will also enable franchise owners to easily validate PCI-DSS compliance to their acquiring banks.

"Protecting guest's sensitive credit card data is a high priority for Dairy Queen Operators" said Chris Schwanz, National Accounts Program Manager of American Dairy Queen Corporation. "Vendor Safe's Self Configuring Firewall Architecture™ enables our franchise owners to achieve PCI compliance within 30 days so that their networks, businesses and customers are protected."

About Dairy Queen

American Dairy Queen Corporation (ADQ), which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., develops licenses and services a system of more than 5,700 Dairy Queen® stores in the United States, Canada and other foreign countries.  ADQ is part of the Berkshire Hathaway family, a company owned by Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. For more information, visit DairyQueen.com.

About Vendor Safe Technologies

For more than 20 years, Vendor Safe Technologies has developed, deployed, and supported innovative security technologies. The company's patent-pending Self Configuring Firewall Architecture™ and Global Security Mesh™ / VPN enables PCI Levels 2 and 4 merchants to become PCI compliant within 30 days at the lowest total cost of deployment and lowest total cost of ownership. Vendor Safe solutions are secured by the superior defenses of firewalls from Juniper Networks.  Learn more by visiting the Vendor Safe website at www.vendorsafe.com.

SOURCE Vendor Safe Technologies