PCI DSS Compliance

Become PCI-Assured for Secure Cardholder Processing

PCI-Assessed with Bank Attestations of Card Security

Under the PCI DSS, card data needs 12 main requirements with 281 subset ones. CloudDefense is Bank and PCI attested for this.

PCI DSS stands for ‘Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.’ Backed by all the major payment processing and credit card companies, the cybersecurity standard aims to protect credit and debit card numbers.

Strong and Assessed Cyber-Security is a Must for PCI DSS Compliance

PCI-DSS penalties are built into a contract between payment processors/vendors. Violation penalties include losing card processing rights. This can occur without criminal court standards of evidence.

To avoid PCI DSS-related impacts from low third-party risk management (TPRM), we need well-audited and informed AppSec solutions. With CloudDefense, confidently cover critical risks at-a-glance:

How CloudDefense’s Data Security Platform Gets and Keeps You PCI-Ready

TRPM-ready for devs and admins

offering internal verifications, automatic remediations and Airtight Checklisting.

Critical Updates First approach

for prioritised cyber diligence before flags scales up to the legal/criminal.

SCA, SAST & DAST scanners

that continuously monitor known OS & SOC 2 issues across your full SDLC.

Maintain SDLC digital compliance

by syncing patch management automations with live repositories.

Certified for Cross-Industry Use

including CCPA, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC 2 & SOX.

Meet insurer & data standards

and avoid preventable breaches such as Equifax’s, litigation and bad press.

Customer ‘data expectations’ are growing

From electronic payment records to personal details — initial access brokers (IABs) on black markets look for gaps to exploit:

The median account balance of a hacked PayPal account is 32 times the price on the dark web. (Source: SecMag)

94% of the public say businesses should be doing more to defend customers against cyber-threats. (Source: IBM)

Sample Data Mapping of GDPR Articles to CloudDefence

Mandate 3: CyberSec - Protect
Stored Card Data

Auto-remediations: pen-tests & 3-pronged SCA, SAST and DAST scanners: fully PCI-certified, with 100s of integrations in one simple portal.

Mandate 5: CyberSec - Use
Updated Antivirus Software

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool: able to bake OS and known threat compliance: updated weeks faster than the National Vulnerability Database.

Mandate 11: CyberSec - Track
User Network Access

User access privilege and security “kept to a level appropriate to the risk”: eliminates single points of failure via entitlement reviews.

From the beginning, our scalable solution was made to meet big data needs and is battle-tested by years of massive and tracked data. Get a personalized guided tour with a CD expert, hear case studies similar to yours.

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