De-Mystifying PCI Compliance

While the Payment Card Industry Standard (PCI) and its 12 core components are relatively basic in nature.  However, implementation of the various associated controls has continued to challenge organizations large and small.

Emagined Security has unique experience with variety of PCI remediation services.  Our services span from training to hands-on remediation.   From our strategic management team to our tactical technical teams, our PCI knowledge can be made available to your organization.  Emagined Security has leveraged this unique differentiator to offer a variety of PCI related solutions to organizations to help guide them through PCI strategy and remediation.

Emagined Security provides leading PCI experts who have guided PCI compliance efforts at organizations considered the largest custodians of cardholder data. Emagined Security has supported the development of the PCI program and worked directly with major credit card companies on their own PCI compliance programs

Our clients' challenge:

"Should I spend $250,000 implementing all the necessary controls to become fully compliant or should I spend $75,000 to create the perception of compliance?"  Our clients are constantly plagued by the financial pressures that sometime lead them to the wrong choices. 

We have heard several times clients making statements like the following:  “We passed our PCI audit but we are not really fully compliant with the PCI standard around our entire organization; I think we are still exposed to significant residual risk.”  There are so many various approaches to achieving PCI compliance.  Creating the necessary balance between the two approaches to compliance can be very challenging and result in unnecessary residual risk to an organization.

Many questions are typically left unanswered:

• When deploying PCI controls, how do I determine how deep to go?
  
  
• Does 'card data' mean any card data or does it only apply to customer card data?
  
  
• How do I determine if my solutions are PCI compliant without talking directly to my PCI auditors?
  
  
• If I have remote workers who access cardholder data, what are the ramifications?
  
  
• As there is the chance that an employee could email card data via email, do we need to encrypt all email communication?
  
  
• How do I determine if a particular compensating control will pass the PCI Audit?

The Solution: PCI Coaching & Remediation Services

To respond to our client's requests, we offered flexible, cost effective, and scalable options to assist with their PCI Compliance needs. Support ranges from on-site project management of PCI Remediation teams to off-site limited remote coaching and guidance.

• Emagined Security specializes in providing PCI Compliance Planning, Audit Defense, Remediation and PCI Management Training.
  
  
• Emagined Security regularly assists with PCI strategic planning and cost reduction associated with PCI compliance efforts; our PCI Compliance Services can help organizations address PCI requirements.
  
  
• Emagined Security’s PCI audit preparation service can dramatically decrease impact to operations, streamline audit response initiatives and create a proactive approach to responding to audit requirements; through the use of our PCI audit preparation services your organization can take control of your regulatory needs and proactively address upcoming and today’s requirements.
  
  
• Emagined Security’s PCI consultants are available for PCI Coaching services where their time may be purchased in small bulk hour units and used on a retainer basis; these consultants may be leveraged however your organization chooses, from remote question and answer, on-site strategic planning, providing feedback on weekly team remediation calls.
  
  
• Emagined Security has identified leading partners in the PCI compliance space who have developed solutions that may be applied specifically to your point needs for PCI compliance. These solutions may also be leveraged as part of a holistic approach to your overall compliance program. Combined with Emagined Security PCI consulting, selection and deployment of these products can lead to more efficient management of your PCI compliance efforts.
  

To find out more about our PCI consulting services, please call us at 888.235.1906 or request additional information by emailing info@emagined.com.