Ensuring your business handles cardholder data complicitly
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) ensures consistent cardholder data security worldwide. It applies to all organisations that process, transmit, or store cardholder data, and is enforced by leading credit card brands including American Express, Visa, and Mastercard. Any organisation that deals with card payments must comply with the security standards or will likely face punishment in the shape of a fine, or they may have their ability to handle card transactions removed. Our experienced consultants will navigate your organisation through the PCI DSS journey and help you to implement the measures required to ensure compliance.
Benefit from accredited and wide-ranging consultancy expertise
We work with clients to support the implementation of quality management systems (QMS) to help them attain PCI DSS compliance. As an ISO certified agency, we have vast experience in security policies and frameworks to help organisations comply with industry standards. Choose what areas you want support in, and we will tailor our PCI DSS service to meet your requirements. Our initial audit will uncover the areas where we need to work with you. A PCI DSS breach may also constitute a data protection breach so our GDPR competence will help your organisation handle personal cardholder data diligently. As a GDPR consultancy, we have all the in-house expertise required.
Steps to be PCI DSS compliant
The PCI DSS specifies six key objectives which your organisation must meet to be compliant. As well as supporting you from a consultancy perspective, Blue Frontier can help action and maintain these objectives with ongoing development, cyber security, and product support services.
Maintain a firewall to protect cardholder data and avoid the use of default passwords supplied by the vendor for systems and security parameters.
Encrypt cardholder data in open and public networks.
Keep anti-virus software up to date and maintain secure IT systems and applications.
Limit access to cardholder data, assign unique ID’s to each individual with computer access and implement measures to prevent access to cardholder data.
Track all access to cardholder data and network resources and continually test security systems.
Implement a security policy for employees and contractors, such as an ISO 27001.
Clients we work with
Helping you navigate a notoriously challenging area of compliance
Often organisations fall short when assessed for PCI DSS, failing to meet the security controls required. Our experienced consultants will conduct a PCI DSS gap audit as a starting point to determine your current compliance levels with a view to putting steps into place to ensure you meet the industry standards.
As part of this process, we determine your merchant level and help clients to grasp if they need to complete a self-assessment or arrange a Report on Compliance. For those who need to undergo self-assessment, we are able to help conduct internal and external vulnerability scans and deliver penetration testing too, through our Cyber Security team. Equally, for those who require a Report on Compliance, our consultants can help you get things in order to ensure you are compliant.
