PCI DSS (Payments Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a certification issued by VISA/Master card for organisations who are capturing, processing, storing large quantities of credit cardholder data.
The PCI DSS certification’s main goal is insurance. Companies that are involved in a data breach where card holder data is exposed could face a fine up to US$2,000 per card exposed if they are not PCI DSS Certified.
Having a Certified Information Security Auditor prepare you for your pre-assessment certification or annual risk assessment saves you time, ensures that your mitigations are going to be accepted by the PCI DSS QSA (Qualified Security Asessor) and keeps mitigations costs lower.
The OCTAVE-Allegro is a work frame recommended to prepare organisations for their PCI DSS certification due to its lean, flexible and repeatability.
OCTAVE-Allegro is created by the Software Engineers Institute (Carnique Mellon Univeristy, who also founded the US-CERT (United State Computer Emergency Readiness Team).
Conducting the SAQ by your own staff carries the burden to have the QSA (Qualified Security Assessor) accept your claims as there is no 3rd party to validate your claims that controls are in place.
QSA’s have rated our work highly which has facilitated the process of issuing the Certification and has kept the process to the shortest time.
We started designing payment systems since 1995 and have implemented payment systems since 2000.
We have been using PCI DSS infrastructure isolation methods for years before the standard was created.
Our most successful client achieved the certification in under 5 months.
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