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PCI Compliance

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), is a global security standard which applies to any organisation which stores, processes or transmits cardholder data.

PCI DSS is a particularly thorough security standard which requires significant overhead to manage and demonstrate the security of card data, often costing companies $100k+ per year. That’s why organisations who handle cardholder data use Evervault to de-risk and de-scope their environments.

Evervault’s PCI Compliance solution uses two Evervault Primitives (Relay and UI Components) which can be used to collect, share and display card data without handling it in plaintext. With minimal code changes, you can significantly reduce your PCI Scope and eliminate much of the engineering and financial overhead associated with implementing and maintaining PCI DSS compliance.

If you’d prefer to learn more about PCI Compliance before starting this guide, we’ve written extensively about it here.

PCI Compliance Guides

Customers who use Evervault to become PCI Compliant typically use one of two workflows for handling cardholder data. Select the guide that’s most applicable to your product.

Collect and Process Card Data

For products that need to collect and encrypt card data from their users on the client before sharing it with a Payment Processor.

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Retrieve and Display Card Data

For products that need to retrieve card data from a third-party service and display it to their users in a mobile or web app.

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