PCI DSS

Workshop & Training

Using IT Matrix workshop and training platform, the entire organization is able to understand the scope and impact of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and through consensus, agree on an action plan across business and IT. Additionally it allows business to understand the potential foreseen cost of compliance and for IT to understand the amount of work that has to be done.

Remediation Consulting

This service takes the burden off the operational staff by assigning personnel to guide them and share the workload in completing their daily tasks in parallel to the tasks required for compliance. The allocation of a Subject Matter Expert (SME) ensures that agreed tasks are consistent with the common goal and meet the requirements of business and the PCI DSS. Furthermore, it is assured that the knowledge transfer takes place as a requirement for process improvement within the organization.

Compliance Consultation

Organization may not be in the position to use the Remediation Consulting or PCI DSS Workshop and Training offerings or would in addition to the Workshop and Training offering, prefer to have a SME available through either telephonic or email for clarification purposes. In such instance, organization would work on their own understanding of the PCI DSS and get the agreed email and telephonic support.

Approved Scanning Vendor

The PCI DSS requires applicable organizations to perform external vulnerability scans against their internet facing systems; these scans must be performed by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV). All ASVs must scan the systems for an amount of vulnerabilities and while most use the same tool to perform the scan, the tool does report different results. It is therefore important to the companies that wish to keep their PCI DSS certification to have a consistent approach to the scanning of its systems to prevent misunderstandings and minimize false positives. Additionally, the use of a single ASV will ensure that the organizations are aware of the process to be followed in the event of major infrastructure changes in their web facing services.

Documentation Review

Many organizations believe that their documentation is sufficient to comply with the PCI DSS, which is unfortunately is not the case in most of the time. The reasons normally given for shortfalls in documentation are usually related to lack of review and understanding the extent of the requirements and the amount required. The document review entails a full review of all documentation required by the PCI DSS including documentation not specifically stated but required in order to show compliance.

Documentation Development & Implementation

The main requirement for proving compliance is documentation. However, documentation should be neither a financial nor an administrative burden on the organization. This means that the documentation should be specific to the organization and meet its legal, regulatory, fiduciary and contractual obligations of which PCI is a subset. IT Matrix can either provide support services for building the documentation framework from concept development to implementation or create and implement approved policies, processes, procedures, work instructions, guidelines and standards within the organization as required for compliance.