Remote Assessments and PCI Compliance in the Wake of COVID-19

Among the many challenges of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is how to plan for and maintain your Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance — especially if your offices are closed, or you’re being forced to work remotely and encouraged to practice social distancing.

Recognizing you likely have many questions about this topic, we’ve recorded a useful webinar to address some of your most pressing PCI-related concerns, including:

• PCI Standards Council Guidance on COVID-19
• The guiding principles of the PCI-DSS and the role of the assessor, merchant, acquirers and Payment Card Brands (Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover)
• How MNP will be performing remote assessments and examples of the additional evidence that may be required
• Answers to common client concerns, such as:
  • Physical access to facilities / systems no longer possible
  • Network and system freeze / brown-outs / black-outs
  • How to deal with potential staff unavailability or illness
  • Service provider disruption such as managed firewall, logging, data center
  • Significant reduction in transaction volumes
  • Will I get an extension for my compliancy date?

For more information about PCI and other cyber security matters, contact Danny Timmins, CISSP, National Cyber Security Leader, at [email protected] or Tom Beaupre, QSA, CISSP, CISA, BS, PCI Team Lead, at [email protected]