Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance

Carson Associates is Certified to Help You Comply

Security breaches to customer’s personal information pose a constant threat to consumer confidence in every company that collects and stores payment card information. Having completed the PCI Security Standards Council Qualified Security Assessor testing process, Carson Associates is able to provide PCI Assessments in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). With this certification Carson Associates is poised to help your company manage data security risks, evaluate the security of your systems that store payment account data, and ensure total compliance. With over 22 years of Information Assurance (IA) experience, Carson Associates can securely guide you through the following steps to PCI DSS compliance:

• Building and maintaining a strong, impenetrable network
• Protecting cardholder data
• Maintaining a vulnerability management program
• Implementing solid access control measures
• Completing regular monitoring and network testing

Adopting PCI DSS to Your Needs

The PCI Data Security Standard requires all merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit customer payment card data to adopt information security controls to ensure data integrity. In working to adopt the PCI Standards, Carson Associates will guide your company in developing the foundation to a risk management program that engenders compliance with broader financial service industry regulations. Carson Associates staff are Certified PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessors (QSA).