PCI DSS

PCI compliance consulting services embrace the assessment and improvement of security policies, procedures, and IT security measures that companies operating with cardholder data employ to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. For payment software vendors, PCI consultancy may cover the evaluation of SDLC, development environment, software architecture and security features, as well as actionable recommendations to achieve compliance with PCI Secure Software Standard and PCI Secure Software Lifecycle Standard.

Who can Benefit from PCI DSS Consulting Services

Merchants

Entities accepting payment cards of American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, or Visa as payment for goods or services:

check_circle Retail businesses, including e-commerce retailers.
check_circle Travel and hospitality companies.
check_circle Healthcare providers
check_circle IT and telecom service providers.
check_circle Educational businesses
check_circle Companies in media and entertainment
check_circle Financial firms and others
Service providers

Entities (other than payment brands) directly involved in the processing, storage, or transmission of cardholder data:

check_circle Web hosting companies.
check_circle Payment gateways providers.
check_circle Independent sales organizations
check_circle Providers of billing account management services and others
check_circle Software manufacturers
Software manufacturers

Software product companies delivering payment solutions:

check_circle Point of sale (POS) software
check_circle Payment middleware
check_circle Card-not-present applications.
check_circle Shopping cart applications
check_circle Mobile payment acceptance applications and others
check_circle Companies in media and entertainment
check_circle Financial firms and others

The Scope of our PCI DSS Compliance Consulting

We conduct complete PCI DSS pre-audits or evaluate compliance with certain PCI DSS requirements and advise on achieving and maintaining PCI DSS compliance.

Risk management advice

check_circle Defining CDE (cardholder data environment).
check_circle Analyzing potential threats to cardholder data and their impact.
check_circle Designing risk mitigation and incident response plan.

Security policies and procedures review and improvement

check_circle Scrutinizing existing policies and procedures on handling cardholder data : cardholder data storage and retention, data transfer, etc.
check_circle Analyzing the detected compliance gaps in the existing policies and procedures
check_circle Improvement recommendations.

Evaluating and enhancing the security level of software and IT infrastructure

check_circle Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing of IT networks and applications.
check_circle Advising on corrective measures for the detected vulnerabilities.
check_circle Improvement recommendations.

Assessing the employees’ PCI security awareness

check_circle Interviewing the employees on PCI DSS requirements.
check_circle Applying social engineering to check the resilience of the staff to human-based cyber attacks.
check_circle Advising on an efficient PCI training process.

Assistance with the transition from PCI DSS 3.2.1 to 4.0

check_circle Gap analysis (comparing to the current PCI DSS version)
check_circle Helping update existing and establish new security policies and procedures.

Maintaining PCI DSS compliance

check_circle Advising on identity and access management.
check_circle Helping establish user activity monitoring.
check_circle Developing continuous vulnerability management plan.
check_circle Scheduling regular penetration testing, including social engineering, etc.

Advising on PCI-compliant software development

check_circle Analyzing the security of the established development practices (if regular unit testing is performed, secure coding practices are followed, etc.)
check_circle Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing of the development infrastructure.
check_circle Recommendations on fixing the detected security gaps.
check_circle Establishing the secure development process for PCI-DSS compliant software (description of a secure SDLC, VA and pentesting schedule, etc.)

Software PCI compliance assessment and improvement

check_circle Review of software requirements, gap analysis (if all requirements needed to comply with PCI are in place).
check_circle Analyzing software architecture, advising on improving its security level.
check_circle Source code review and recommendations.

We are ready to complement our PCI DSS consultancy with remediation and managed services to achieve continuous compliance. We can develop efficient security policies, install and configure security components to secure IT networks or the development infrastructure, and design and implement software security features for cardholder data protection.

Sample deliverables You Get as a Result of PCI Compliance Consulting

During a consulting project, we document its steps and outcomes. We aim to give a clear insight into the process and lay the basis for further implementation of security policies and measures required for full compliance with PCI DSS. Depending on the project, we may provide:

For Enterprises
check_circle Compliance scope report (inventory of data, software, and network components that must be compliant with PCI DSS) with recommendations on the scope reduction
check_circle Report on security policies and controls in place with improvement recommendations.
check_circle Cardholder data security risk report and mitigation plan.
check_circle Security testing reports describing and prioritizing vulnerabilities endangering cardholder data with remediation recommendations.
check_circle PCI DSS compliance pre-audit report.
check_circle SOPs aimed at maintaining PCI DSS compliance.
For Software Manufacturers
check_circle A report on the existing secure development policies and procedures with improvement advice.
check_circle Development infrastructure review report.
check_circle Software threat modeling report.
check_circle Secure software architecture diagrams.
check_circle List of software features required to achieve PCI compliance (tokenization, data masking, etc.).
check_circle Software architecture and source code review reports.
check_circle Secure software pre-assessment report.

Our Expertise

check_circle Precise definition of PCI DSS compliance scope and recommendation on its reduction: we will help you avoid excessive costs and efforts of achieving and maintaining compliance with PCI DSS.
check_circle The expertise of PCI compliance consultants, cybersecurity experts, and software developers: we will competently guide you on both the administrative and technical aspects of PCI DSS.
check_circle A smooth path from consulting to implementation: we are ready to take over any remediation actions needed to achieve PCI DSS compliance.

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