"We asked NetSpend to work with us in developing our case study because VeriSign believes NetSpend's security program is worthy of emulation by other companies readying themselves for the Payment Cards Industry assessment required by VISA and MasterCard," said Branden R. Williams, CISSP, CISM, senior consulting manager, PCI practice lead, VeriSign. "For instance, because of NetSpend's preparation, an audit that could have taken three weeks was completed in only four days. NetSpend is the first prepaid debit card marketer and processor we have profiled in this way."