PCI PIN

PCI Compliance

Payment Card Industry Personal Identification Number (PCI PIN) is a critical element in ensuring the secure handling and transmission of sensitive payment card data, specifically Personal Identification Numbers (PINs). It is essential for organisations involved in PIN-based transactions, enhancing security and trust throughout the payment card ecosystem.

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Understanding of PCI PIN

PCI PIN is highly relevant to organisations involved in payment card processing, including banks, financial institutions, and payment processors. If your organisation handles PIN data, adhering to PCI PIN compliance standards is not only advisable but mandatory. This includes financial institutions, point-of-sale (POS) providers, and entities involved in ATM transactions.
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The Operational Benefits of PCI PIN

Dive into the realm of PIN security to explore how this assessment service ensures the fortification of your payment ecosystem.

Enhanced PIN Security

PCI PIN standards strengthens the security of PIN data, reducing the risk of unauthorised access or fraud.

Trust and Reliability

Achieving PCI PIN demonstrates your commitment to safeguarding sensitive payment card information, fostering trust among customers and partners.

Regulatory Alignment:

PCI PIN often aligns with other payment card industry regulations, ensuring a cohesive approach to data security and compliance.
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Navigating PCI PIN SECURITY

Ensuring PCI PIN is mandatory to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of PIN data.
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Our Methodology​

Our PCI PIN certification methodology (the “ra methodology”) includes assigning the Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and Customer Success & Quality Manager to each customer through their entire compliance process.​
1

Project Kickoff

In this phase, QSA will deliver an overview presentation to entity’s Card Data Environment (CDE) stakeholders to verify the management goals and objectives of the compliance program​, identify a person or group of people responsible for driving the project​ and agree upon project-level milestones and requirements​.
2

Determine the scope​

RA will take the initiative by performing scoping exercise in a form of workshops to ensure that security controls cover all in-scope facilities, locations, retail outlets, data centers, back-office locations, etc., it is crucial to determine the complete scope of the cardholder data environment accurately.
3

PCI PIN Assessment​

In this phase, we will identify the scope of the card holder environment, verify all the appropriate controls are correctly applied, and the identified gaps have been closed as well as Entity policies and procedures will be reviewed to determine if it is sufficient for the PCI compliance​.
4

Remediation

The RA team will review on-site and off-site activities that include but not limited to document reviews, interviews, walkthroughs of business processes, and technological systems.
5

Perform Gap Assessment​

We perform an in-depth analysis of the overall cardholder environment and determine if there are any gaps within the 12 security requirements.

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