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PCI DSS compliance
Keep card data safe and your merchant status intact
Anyone who stores, processes or transmits cardholder data must meet the PCI Data Security Standard. We reduce your scope, build the controls, monitor payment pages and prepare your self-assessment or QSA audit.
Legal & compliance team 24×7 SOC evidence 30–45 day baseline
PCI-DSS requirement families
The 12 requirements grouped by goal
What it is
PCI-DSS in plain English
PCI-DSS defines 12 requirements across secure networks, cardholder data protection, vulnerability management, access control, monitoring and testing, and information security policy. Version 4.0 added stronger authentication, payment page script controls and targeted risk analysis.
Merchants validate with a Self-Assessment Questionnaire or a QSA Report on Compliance, depending on transaction volume.
E-commerce merchants
Online stores and payment pages that must prevent card skimming.
Payment service providers
Processors, gateways and fintechs in the card flow.
Retail and hospitality
Card-present environments and POS networks.
How we deliver
Your path to PCI-DSS
Step 1
Scope & segment
Map the card flow and shrink the cardholder data environment.
Step 2
Build controls
MFA, encryption, hardening, vulnerability scans and logging.
Step 3
Monitor payment pages
Change detection on checkout scripts, as in our AWS Lambda payment page case study.
Yearly
Validate
Self-assessment questionnaire or support for your QSA.
FAQ
PCI-DSS FAQ
What is the PCI self-assessment?
A yearly Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) that most merchants complete to validate compliance. We prepare the evidence and help you answer accurately.
What changed in PCI-DSS 4.0?
Stronger MFA, controls on payment page scripts, targeted risk analyses and more frequent reviews. The future-dated requirements became mandatory in March 2025.
Can you monitor our checkout page?
Yes. We built a proactive payment page monitoring system with AWS Lambda for a client; see the case study in Insights.
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