PCI DSS SAQ Validation and Support

PCI DSS SAQ Validation and Support

As an approved QSA company, we will help you identify the right SAQ to complete, and provide the appropriate support and advice to achieve full compliance with the PCI DSS.

Your challenge

PCI self-assessment questionnaires (SAQs) can make compliance easier for organizations with lower transaction volumes, but it's helpful to have the guidance of PCI experts to ensure your responses are in line with each requirement.

For smaller organizations, our PCI DSS documentation toolkit contains all the expert guidance, advice and fully customizable documentation templates you will need to accelerate your PCI DSS project.

Our Facilitated SAQ service provides a QSA to manage compliance for level 2, 3 and 4 merchants, and level 2 service providers.

• Get expert QSA assistance with the SAQ and other requirements
  
• Determine your risk posture by establishing the gaps between your compliance efforts and the Standard
  
• Receive guidance to remediate issues and meet compliance requirements
  
• Get help handling your security and log monitoring needs

Our service offering 

• PCI DSS SAQ validation and support
  
• Identifying the appropriate SAQ to complete
  
• Reviewing the processing and flow of cardholder data through systems and processes
  
• Assessing any third-party or service provider dependencies
  
• Reviewing the relevant policies and procedures that have been implemented
  
• Support developing PCI policies and procedures if required
  
• Vulnerability scans and penetration testing, if needed
  
• Completing the Attestation of Compliance (AOC)
  
• Maintenance and management of the cardholder data environment (CDE), if required

New requirements for an attested SAQ

Some merchant banks and processors now require their level 2 merchant customers to submit an attested SAQ, signed not only by the merchant themselves, but also by the QSA. Our Facilitated SAQ service addresses this need.