Compliance vQSA: PCI Compliance Program

As a company that accepts credit card payments for your products and services, you must adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). But becoming PCI compliant and maintaining that status can be expensive and complex.  Outsourcing a qualified security assessor (QSA) can help to make PCI compliance more simple and affordable.

Sword & Shield Enterprise Security partners with you through our Virtual Qualified Security Assessor (vQSA) program. The virtual QSA PCI compliance program takes the burden off you. We provide access to our team of expert PCI QSAs, security engineers, technical writers, and more. This comes at a fraction of the cost of hiring full time employees.

QSA Consulting Advantages

The vQSA PCI compliance program alleviates stress and chaos. It is designed to proactively work toward an “always compliant” state. By providing ongoing oversight, this program:

• Simplifies the process around ROC or SAQ completion,
• Alerts you to outdated documentation well before your annual review, and
• Allows you to regularly ask questions and seek expert advice.

Virtual QSA PCI Compliance Service Package

Our standard vQSA annual service package includes:

• Access to PCI QSAs and security engineers for consultation.
• Periodic communications on PCI DSS compliance concerns and changes.
• Assistance with PCI compliance initiatives.
• Cardholder Data Environment (CDE) review.
• Policies and procedures review.
• PCI-focused risk assessment including a risk assessment report.
• Annual incident response plan test facilitation.
• Quarterly vulnerability scan results review.
• Quarterly health checks to review remediation roadmap and discuss possible changes in the CDE and PCI DSS requirements.
• PCI training program review.

Additional Services Related to PCI Compliance

As a full-service security and compliance firm, Sword & Shield offers a host of PCI compliance solutions. Customers may opt for additional services including:

• Annual Report on Compliance (ROC).
• Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) assistance.
• Network Vulnerability Assessment/Penetration Test (NVA/PT).
• Annual security and compliance training.
• Policies and procedures development.

PCI QSA Pricing

Sword & Shield offers annual subscription-based tiered pricing for vQSA to insure we can assist organizations of all shapes and sizes. This makes PCI compliance services and security consulting costs predictable and easier to budget.