The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a world-wide
data security standard, developed by Visa and Mastercard to restore consumer
confidence in the protection of cardholder identity and transaction information.
The PCI standard aims to give cardholders the assurance that their card details
are safe and secure when their debit or credit card is offered at the point of
sale, over the Internet, on the phone or through mail order.

To help organisations ensure that they are compliant with this new standard,
Apex offers a package of PCI compliance consulting services that cover initial

risk assessment through to compliance certification.

Merchants that do not comply face the prospect of substantial fines imposed by

the card schemes or of being permanently barred from the card acceptance

programme, should a security breach occur which involves their systems or processes. Although the initial focus is on online transactions, PCI compliance applies to any organisation that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data.

Apex offers an end to end solution for retailers concerned about PCI compliance.  From an initial risk assessment to identify non-compliant areas, a set of remediation services will be recommended to address any identified risk areas.  The PCI compliance audit and certification is conducted by an independent qualified security assessor, ensuring that organisations can have confidence in the integrity of the audit. Apex has extensive experience of providing secure, reliable and compliant IT solutions, together with a team of project managers that have delivered many complex and multi-disciplinary IT projects, using proven methodologies such as Prince2.  Our experience and expertise can give you the peace of mind that the project will be completed to meet the criteria of the standard.

PCI Compliance Consultancy Benefits:

• Compliance with card security programmes, avoiding card scheme penalties for non-compliance
• PCI compliance identifies an organisation as one that upholds best business practice
• Increased consumer confidence and spending
• PCI compliance protects against potential loss of revenue and unwanted legal costs
• Reduced cardholder disputes and costs resulting from fraudulent transactions generated by compromised data
• PCI compliance protects public reputations and good customer relationships