Ongoing PCI DSS Compliance: Stay Compliant Between Audits
Passing your PCI audit is not the finish line — it's the starting line. Controls drift, environments change, and staff turnover erodes procedural compliance. Our ongoing compliance management service keeps your programme current, your documentation accurate, and your next audit predictable.
What's Included
A comprehensive ongoing compliance programme covering all continuous PCI DSS obligations.
Quarterly ASV Scanning
Managed external vulnerability scanning by an Approved Scanning Vendor, with finding triage, remediation tracking, and clean scan report delivery.
Annual Policy Review
Review and update of all required information security policies and procedures to reflect system changes, personnel changes, and PCI DSS requirement updates.
Change Impact Assessment
Compliance impact review for significant system changes — new payment integrations, cloud migrations, or architecture changes — before they reach production.
Compliance Reporting
Monthly compliance dashboards for operations and security teams. Quarterly executive summaries suitable for board and investor reporting.
Staff Awareness Training
Annual security awareness training covering PCI DSS obligations, phishing, social engineering, and cardholder data handling — with completion tracking.
Incident Response Support
If a security incident involves your cardholder data environment, we provide immediate incident response advisory, PCI DSS notification obligations guidance, and post-incident remediation support.
The PCI Compliance Calendar
These obligations exist year-round — not just at audit time.
Quarterly
- ✓External vulnerability scanning (ASV)
- ✓Internal vulnerability scanning
- ✓Firewall rule review
- ✓Log review validation
Annually
- ✓PCI DSS self-assessment or QSA audit
- ✓Security awareness training
- ✓Policy and procedure review
- ✓Penetration testing
Ongoing
- ✓Change management compliance review
- ✓Third-party provider compliance monitoring
- ✓Access control review on personnel changes
- ✓Incident response readiness
As Needed
- ✓Scope review on environment changes
- ✓SAQ update on payment architecture changes
- ✓Emergency compliance response
- ✓QSA finding remediation
Frequently Asked Questions
Compliance Doesn't Stop at the Audit
Let us manage your continuous compliance programme so your team can focus on building.