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Financial Services · Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v4.0.1

The security standard for any entity that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data, validated by a QSA Report on Compliance or a Self-Assessment Questionnaire.
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Issued by

PCI Security Standards Council

Typical timeline

12-24 weeks

Assessed by

QSA or SAQ

Validity

Validated annually

Overview

  • 01Merchants and payment service providers
  • 02Fintechs touching card data
  • 03SaaS platforms in the payment flow

Requirements

  1. 0112 requirementsFrom network security controls to security policies and programs.
  2. 02Scoping & segmentationMinimizing the cardholder data environment.
  3. 03Customized approachv4 option to meet objectives with tailored controls.
  4. 04ValidationROC by a QSA or SAQ, plus quarterly ASV scans.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

Customer story

OPOrbital PayLondon, UK & Bengaluru, IN
Sample

41%

Smaller cardholder data scope

PCI DSS v4 and DORA readiness without doubling the compliance team.

PCI DSSSOC 1DORA

FAQ

Typical timeline: 12-24 weeks, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. PCI DSS shares substantial control overlap with PCI Risk Assessment and SOC 2, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

PCI Risk Assessment

Financial ServicesPCI Security Standards Council

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

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We handle audit readiness and auditor coordination. Your SOC reports and ISO certificates are always issued by independent, accredited auditors.

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