Pathmaker Group » PCI Assessments, Consulting, and Remediation Services

"We tried to achieve compliance with PCI by ourselves, then we contracted some rookies, only to find that we missed our mark - Big Time! We didn't know how to interpret the complicated requirements and we spend exorbitant amounts of money on failed attempts. And, we didn't even complete the proper SAQ for our business designation. PathMaker Group helped us correct our course and recover our compliance project. We are now compliant and have a clear understanding of how to maintain it. Thank you, PathMaker Group!"

-Chief Compliance Officer, large e-commerce provider

PCI QSA Assessments and PCI Consulting

PathMaker Group employs a proven approach to thoroughly review the effectiveness of your policies, processes, security controls, technology, and other critical to meet PCI DSS requirements. When you need to become PCI Compliant, we offer consulting, solutions, and expertise to take the steps necessary to achieve and ensure compliance. Our team will provide you with the consultative direction and solutions necessary to achieve PCI DSS compliance. We can also provide you with ongoing availability, advice, consulting, and managed support for your business to appropriately and effectively maintain compliance with the PCI DSS requirements.

As a certified Qualified Security Assessor (PCI QSA), PathMaker Group can perform your PCI Compliance Audit. Through our proven project methodology, seasoned professionals, and many years of experience, our analysts can move quickly through your processes, perform the technical validation testing, and present you and your Acquiring Bank or Card Brands with a high-quality professional Report on Compliance (ROC) and other required documents. Unlike other firms that employ novices, our Security Professionals possess at least fifteen years of IT and Security Audit and Compliance experience, numerous security certifications, and are recognized industry experts. Having been on both sides of the Audit ourselves, all of our QSAs understand how to move quickly and realistically through the process and provide candid professional opinion.

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PathMaker Group can assist you prepare for your PCI QSA Audit. We can prepare your PCI Self-Assessment Questionnaire and related documents required for submission to your banking/services provider. We can help you properly and efficiently remediate any existing PCI audit findings so you may quickly move to a compliant status. And,PathMaker Group offers a full lineup of managed services designed to meet the PCI DSS requirements.

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Managed Compliance Services

Meeting the stringent and complex mandates for PCI DSS Compliance is not easy. PathMaker Group has taken out the costliness and complexity for PCI's seven most difficult requirements including: Log Management; File Integrity Monitoring; Network and Threat Monitoring; Wireless Device Monitoring; Quarterly Vulnerability Assessments; Security Awareness Training; and Annual Penetration Testing Services

Our solutions uniquely solve these difficult compliance requirements at the lowest cost on the market. We offer additional on-demand services that provide you leading security expertise when needed including PCI consulting, forensics analysis and investigations, and advanced penetration testing and assessments.

PCI Assessment: Our certified experts will come on-site to your location and assess your security and provide recommendations for improvements based on your current posture, best-practices, and your specific regulatory requirements.
PCI Compliance SaaS: Economic, subscription-based solution that lowers your costs for meeting many of the most challenging PCI DSS compliance requirements and improve your security.
PCI: Basic Security Awareness Training for Merchant Employees: Click on the link (above) to see a video that provides basic security awareness training. This training will at a minimum ensure that your employees are provided with an adequate awareness training that is fully compliant with PCI DSS requirements. Each employee should view this video and acknowledge in writing that they have viewed it. Training should be administered on an annual basis and to all new employees that join your company. PathMaker Group recommends that you change your awareness program each year to provide additional, up-to-date training to all of your employees. Contact PathMaker Group and ask about our Security Awareness Training programs.
TruePath File Integrity Monitor (TPFIM): File Integrity Monitoring solutions were too highly priced and complex, so we partnered with a leading development firm to source our own! TPFIM works perfectly with Windows, Linux, or mixed environments and it complies fully with PCI DSS File Integrity requirements 10.5.5 and 11.5.
Penetration Test Services: PCI requires an annual external penetration test by a qualified third party. We're that party.
Virtual Server Protection: PCI DSS compliance pertains to VMware environments too! In fact, virtual server infrastructures are getting a lot more attention in the new version of the PCI DSS that will soon be released. That's why we're introducing Virtual Server Protection (VSP).
Virtual Infrastructure Security Assessment: Recent revisions to PCI DSS require specialized focus on virtualized environments. The advancement to PCI DSS version 2.0 specifically demands that virtual networks, servers (production, development, and test), applications, storage, and the virtual workstations operating within your network operate securely. Did you know that virtual server sprawl is among the top 5 PCI DSS challenges that cause DSS compliance failures.
SmartPath, PCI Security Awareness Training: SmartPath eLearning is our security awareness training solution which we adapted to offer employee security awareness training as mandated by PCI requirements.
PCI Wireless Threat Management: Automate your mandatory per-site wireless scan assessments and comply fully with all PCI DSS wireless requirements.