Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance

After numerous expensive incidents of identity theft, the payment card industry has developed a set of mandatory security standards. These (the PCI-DSS standards) apply to merchants that process credit and debit card transactions. On October 1, 2008 an update of this standard was released, version 1.2. Candela Solutions services are designed for retailers and merchants that process fewer than 1 million credit or debit card transactions annually.

Jerry Norton, Candela Solutions' Technology Partner, presents a 3 minute informative video on PCI.  Please click the play button below.

Our experienced team can advise on the twelve major categories above and all 205 detailed requirements. The first step is often to conduct a scan/assessment of your systems and report areas that are not compliant with the standard. Whether your needs are start-to-finish support or just spot checking selected areas, our team is eager to help.

Available Services:

• Initial assessment to determine which areas are already compliant
• Management of the project and establishing the schedule and plans
• Training on PCI requirements and IT controls
• Analysis whether specified data elements are stored in databases or correctly discarded
• Detailed explanation of the requirements
• Pre-audit: unofficial audit conducted by our staff to indicate what the results would be when the official audit or assessment would occur
• Selection of Approved Scanning Vendors and Qualified Security Assessors and when you need them
• Liaison during the self-assessment with the assessors

For a printable version of our PCI Brochure - click here.