Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance for merchants and service providers handling cardholder data.
Service pathway
PCI DSS v4.0.1 scoping, gap assessment, remediation support, validation preparation, and ongoing evidence management for merchants and service providers handling cardholder data.
We identify payment flows, systems, networks, personnel, service providers, segmentation, and the validation path required by the acquiring environment. The resulting plan limits scope accurately, assigns control owners, and creates an evidence cadence that lasts beyond assessment day.
A determination of which systems, networks, people, and services handle cardholder data or can affect its security.
Discover the cardholder data environment → review segmentation → determine merchant or service-provider level → select the applicable Self-Assessment Questionnaire or Report on Compliance path.
Overly broad scope inflates evidence and cost; insufficient scope risks failed validation or breach exposure. Effective segmentation can materially reduce both.
An assessment of current controls against applicable PCI DSS v4.0.1 requirements, including MFA, encryption, vulnerability management, and monitoring.
Perform a requirement-by-requirement review → prioritize remediation → provide implementation guidance → validate fixes before formal assessment.
Finding weaknesses before the formal assessment reduces failed-validation risk, while the customized approach supports documented alternative controls where appropriate.
Support for the required validation: an SAQ for eligible lower-volume merchants or a formal QSA-led RoC for Level 1 merchants and service providers.
Determine validation type → organize evidence → coordinate testing and interviews → prepare the Attestation of Compliance and supporting package.
Card brands and acquiring partners require periodic validation from organizations storing, processing, or transmitting cardholder data.
Ongoing program management and staff augmentation so controls remain effective between assessments.
Establish a compliance calendar → maintain the evidence pipeline → coordinate quarterly ASV scans and annual penetration testing → test after significant changes → support pre- and post-assessment actions.
PCI DSS is an operational obligation, not a point-in-time status; continuous evidence prevents drift and last-minute assessment scrambles.
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Often a reduced scope applies when card-data handling is fully outsourced, but the organization remains responsible for applicable requirements. We help determine the exact boundary and validation path.
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