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Achieve & Maintain PCI DSS
with Unmatched Ease
Your dedicated team takes care of your entire PCI DSS process from start to finish with uncompromising quality and speed.
Certification Process Details
Planning
The newly released PCI DSS 4.0 includes 12 core requirements focusing on areas like encryption, access control, monitoring, and vulnerability management. Agency will assess your application and system design to determine applicability and control mapping.
Implement Required Controls
Address identified gaps by implementing or updating security controls. This might include strengthening encryption, improving network segmentation, enhancing access management, or updating policies and procedures. Agency engineers develop best-practices to meet these requirements with the lowest impact on your organization.
Self-Assessment or External Audit
Depending on your merchant level, you’ll either complete a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) or undergo a formal audit by a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). The QSA reviews your systems, tests controls, and verifies compliance with PCI DSS 4.0 requirements.
Submit Documentation and Attestation
After the audit or self-assessment, submit the necessary documentation, including the Report on Compliance (ROC) or SAQ, along with an Attestation of Compliance (AOC) to your clients or payment partners.
Maintenance
PCI DSS 4.0 emphasizes continuous compliance. Regularly monitor your systems, perform vulnerability scans, and ensure ongoing staff training to maintain compliance and prepare for annual re-assessments.
Highlights of PCI Compliance
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Cloud Security
Infrastructure configuration, firewall settings, VPC controls, and continuous logging of databases, containers, load balancers, IDS, and baseline configurations.
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Employee IT Security
Workstation management and device security including MFA, cyber security training, policy acceptance, and coordination with third-party service providers.
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Vulnerability Management
Monitor and identify code vulnerabilities in repositories, manage remediation triage to meet SLA requirements, and prepare evidence for auditors.
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Competitive Advantage
Stand out in your industry by demonstrating your commitment to security.
Key Steps
to Achieve Compliance
Gap Analysis
Identify existing gaps in your current system.
Remediation Planning
Develop a strategy to address compliance gaps.
Implementation
Execute necessary changes to meet compliance requirements.
Pre-Audit Review
Prepare for final audits by conducting an internal review.
Certification Audit
Work with accredited auditors to achieve certification.
Case Studies and Success Stories
Discover how we helped companies across different industries achieve [Framework] compliance:
Gorgias
We partnered with Gorgias, a leading multi-national SaaS company, to optimize and streamline its compliance program. By deploying dedicated engineering and compliance resources, we facilitated direct collaboration with Gorgias’ engineering and sales teams, ensuring more effective communication and faster execution.
Pylon
Pylon partnered with Agency to grow its compliance posture from two frameworks to four and delegate security tasks to experts in order to save critical team member time. When Pylon engaged Agency, cybersecurity and compliance were directly managed by one of the founders, who was looking to better focus his time and bandwidth on growth. Agency took responsibility for project management, implementation, and audit readiness, freeing up Pylon’s founding team to focus on growth while improving compliance quality.
Coalesce
Coalesce is a B2B software platform that enhances enterprise data on Snowflake accounts. While already SOC2 compliant, the company aimed to strengthen its security posture by achieving ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR certifications. However, limited cyber-specific resources meant that valuable engineering time was being diverted to compliance tasks. Coalesce deployed a dedicated Agency team to take responsibility for compliance, allowing Coalesce's engineering team to focus on product development. This resulted in over $100,000 in annual savings, an expansion from one to four compliance frameworks, and HIPAA compliance in under 30 days.
Cloudcover
CloudCover was looking to improve its security posture by meeting the ISO27001:2022 standard. However, limited cyber-specific resources meant that valuable engineering time was being diverted to compliance tasks. CloudCover deployed a dedicated Agency team to take responsibility for compliance, beginning with ISO27001 and later expanding to include SOC2 Type II and GDPR compliance.
What Our Clients Say
"Agency has been an invaluable partner and I can't reccomend them more highly. The team had supported us tirelessly and working with agency has been essential for successfully meeting the complex compliance requirements of some of our enterprise contracts; building a secure and trusted product and working towards SOC."
"Agency has been very responsive to our needs; we were under huge time pressure to get a PCI audit done, and Tyler, Vicky and the rest of the team really pulled through for us. We were in constant communication, received timely updates, and any issues popping up were dealt with quickly."
“Force multiplier for small teams. Agency has a ton of domain expertise, making it easy on our team to improve our security posture regularly. Agency is able to be hands on with both scoping and implementing solutions that satisfy the requirements of all major security frameworks.”
“Agency is always available. I have had a few questions about how to scale to support gov operations. They have always been available and prompt in these discussions.”
Ready to Meet Your Industry’s Compliance Standards?
Whether you’re in FinTech, B2B SaaS, GovTech, or HealthTech, we can help you achieve compliance and build trust with your customers.