Stay PCI DSS compliant between assessments
Comply maps the PCI DSS requirements to automated controls, evidences your cardholder data environment continuously, and keeps you assessment-ready instead of compliant only on audit day.
Typical readiness: 8–14 weeks to assessment-ready
What it is
PCI DSS is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. It sets technical and operational requirements for any organisation that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data, organised into 12 core requirements across six control objectives. The current version is v4.0, which moves toward continuous, outcome-based security. Validation ranges from a self-assessment questionnaire to a Report on Compliance by a Qualified Security Assessor, depending on your transaction volume and merchant level.
Who needs it
Any merchant or service provider that stores, processes or transmits payment-card data — including SaaS platforms, payment facilitators, e-commerce sites and fintechs. Your acquirer or the card brands set your validation level.
Get PCI DSS-ready, then stay that way
Connect your stack, map controls once, and let continuous monitoring keep evidence fresh — across every framework you run.
Scope your CDE
Comply helps define and minimise your cardholder data environment, so you evidence the systems that are actually in scope and reduce the assessment surface.
12 requirements mapped
Each of the 12 PCI DSS requirements is mapped to automated controls and evidence, so you can see exactly which are satisfied and which need work.
Continuous monitoring for v4.0
PCI DSS v4.0 leans toward ongoing security rather than annual snapshots — Comply monitors controls continuously so compliance does not lapse between assessments.
Encryption & access evidence
Pull live evidence of encryption, network segmentation, access control and logging from your connected stack, with no manual screenshot gathering.
Reuse SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Many PCI controls overlap with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 — Comply maps the shared work so your security frameworks feed your PCI evidence automatically.
SAQ and RoC support
Whether you validate via a self-assessment questionnaire or a full Report on Compliance, Comply organises the evidence your QSA or acquirer expects.
PCI DSS that does not lapse on day two
The old PCI model — compliant on assessment day, drifting by the next week — does not survive v4.0’s emphasis on continuous security. Comply keeps you genuinely compliant year-round:
- Scope and minimise your cardholder data environment so you evidence what matters.
- Map the 12 requirements to automated controls across your connected stack.
- Monitor encryption, segmentation, access and logging continuously, not annually.
- Reuse SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controls so overlapping requirements count automatically.
Because PCI DSS shares Comply’s evidence engine, your payments security programme runs in the same control set as every other framework you carry.
PCI DSS questions, answered
Comply supports PCI DSS v4.0, including its shift toward continuous, outcome-based controls. That is exactly what Comply is built for — ongoing monitoring rather than a once-a-year evidence scramble.
It depends on your merchant or service-provider level. Smaller volumes typically use a self-assessment questionnaire, while higher volumes need a Report on Compliance from a Qualified Security Assessor. Comply prepares the evidence for either path.
A meaningful amount — access control, encryption, logging, vulnerability management and policy all overlap with SOC 2 and ISO 27001. Comply maps a single control set across them, so your existing security work counts toward PCI instead of being redone.
Yes. Scope minimisation — through segmentation and limiting where cardholder data lives — is one of the most effective ways to cut PCI effort. Comply helps you define and evidence a tight cardholder data environment.
A dedicated PCI tool stops at PCI. Comply runs PCI DSS alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA and India-native frameworks like DPDP and RBI directions, so payments and fintech teams manage one programme across every obligation.
One platform, every framework
Comply maps a single control set across all of these — add a framework without adding work.
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