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Financial Services · PCI DSS Risk Assessment & Targeted Risk Analysis

The risk analyses PCI DSS v4 now requires, including targeted risk analyses that justify control frequencies and customized approaches.
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Issued by

PCI Security Standards Council

Typical timeline

3-6 weeks

Assessed by

Consultant-led

Validity

Reviewed annually

Overview

  • 01Entities adopting PCI DSS v4
  • 02Organizations using the customized approach
  • 03Teams reducing scope and cost

Requirements

  1. 01Targeted risk analysesDocumented analyses for requirements with flexible frequencies.
  2. 02Scope validationConfirming CDE boundaries and connected systems.
  3. 03Threat & vulnerability viewRisks to cardholder data prioritized.
  4. 04Annual reviewAnalyses reviewed at least every 12 months.

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: 3-6 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 Risk Assessment shares substantial control overlap with PCI DSS, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

DORA

Financial ServicesEuropean Union

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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