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If you involve a third-party QSA, this likely means you have a more complex environment or more transactions.
If it’s your first time receiving a PCI audit, you are likely looking at a three-month to a year-long process, depending on readiness. This is due to the discovery process and the significant change it presents to your environment.
There are also customers who have tight deadlines and who are willing to do the hard work of preparation and may be closer to the three-month mark.
You need 11.2 and 11.3 requirements in hand in order to pass your audit. To pass, you need four quarter scans and for these to meet compliance requirements. Your audit is done to help you continuously get quarterly passing scans. Make sure you are using an approved scanning vendor for your scans and follow up quickly if you fail a scan.
A PCI assessment can range widely in cost. On the low end, a PCI audit can cost 16-18K. Audits can also cost tens of thousands of dollars depending on how many locations you have, how many parties need to be audited, how complex your network is, and so forth.
Even a short call with a SecurityMetrics representative can give you a more accurate estimate of what a PCI audit would cost you.
Sometimes people think that if they have the right solution, they will be PCI compliant. No matter what solution you choose, you will still be missing requirements, even if you use point-to-point encryption.
Depending on which SAQ you are, there are even more requirements. Your staff will also need systems in place to help them meet policies and procedures.
SecurityMetrics holds credentials in all aspects of PCI compliance, including PCI DSS assessments, PA-DSS assessments, P2PE assessments, PIN assessments, forensic incident response, ASV scanning, penetration testing, card data discovery, security appliances, security training, and consulting. With an in-depth understanding of the PCI landscape and assessment methods, you can experience responsive guidance before, during, and after your PCI assessment.
A looming PCI audit deadline can be stressful. A disorganized or rushed process can significantly hinder the quality of your audit. Reliable coordination between your organization and assessor is crucial to your PCI audit success. SecurityMetrics’ audit coordinator adds assignments to the project management tool, keeping your audit details organized and on schedule.
Feel confident in your PCI audit, knowing that SecurityMetrics QSAs continuously study the latest security trends. SecurityMetrics QSAs have completed thousands of PCI audits over the years. SecurityMetrics auditors have experience with more than just the PCI framework including NIST, HITRUST, Ei3pa, SOC, and more, allowing them to address the big picture of your data security and compliance.
Getting quick answers to your questions and concerns can help you resolve your issues faster. SecurityMetrics’ audit team is centrally located (Utah), allowing auditors to quickly consult and work together to solve complex compliance issues. The SecurityMetrics audit team’s collective experience allows them to give you the best advice for your unique problems.
SecurityMetrics QSAs have performed over 2000 audits, mastering the process to give you an efficient and comprehensive audit.
We’ve been using SecurityMetrics for our onsite PCI audits for more than 10 years now. We have continued to come back and return to SecurityMetrics due to the value that has been supplied by them. SecurityMetrics has been around long enough now and they’ve been one of the top providers when it comes to PCI compliance, that I know they’re in it for the long haul.
We were impressed with every aspect of the experience. While audits are never fun, the experience was positive and educational for our entire organization. The QSA was clearly an expert in this field and conducted the entire engagement professionally. We’re quite happy to be publicly associated with a leader in the security industry.
SecurityMetrics is an integral part of the team in our PCI program. We depend on the assessors to make sure that we stay on the compliance track. They do it with developing relationships across campus, discussing upcoming projects or application changes, and being available to us for consulting. They are knowledgeable, helpful and help us keep the campus engaged by their friendly demeanors.
Our experience with SecurityMetrics, from initial discussions, to planning, to implementation was very well organized, detailed, and ultimately achieved our PCI directive in the shortest timeframe possible. SecurityMetrics worked diligently and respectfully throughout the process – even working over what was expected to ensure SuitePay met its goals.
You guys made our PCI audit as easy as pie for us and anytime we had any sort of issue or problem...My team and I had an amazing learning experience with this whole process and Dustin with the rest of the SecurityMetrics team made a potentially very stressful situation into a smoothly executed project. My most sincere thanks.
SecurityMetrics is the most retail friendly solution. At the small business level, frequently the person that has to interface with the tool is an owner or someone who has financial responsibility, but they may not necessary be technically savvy with using online tools. We believe SecurityMetrics meets that need better than anyone else we've seen.
After dealing with a number of QSA auditors, we found SecurityMetrics offered the most helpful and practical PCI advisement. We are delighted to work with them as we continue to strengthen our PCI environment.
