PCI DSS Cloud Compliance for Payment Card Data

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Armor gives you the assurance needed to manage sophisticated payment applications with increased flexibility, scalability, and reliability.

Armor provides security and compliance benefits by mapping security controls to PCI compliance mandates, reducing scope, simplifying the auditing process, and lowering management costs.

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Compliance Standards We Support

Easier PCI Cloud Compliance

Simplify the burden of PCI DSS compliance with Armor. Data workloads and applications protected by Armor inherit compliance controls. This means easier PCI assessments and heightened security.

Why Armor for PCI compliance?

PCI DSS 3.2.1-Compliant Solutions: Armor's cloud security solutions are compliant against PCI DSS 3.2.1. This means that our solutions are configured to meet standards set by the PCI Security Council.
Inherited Compliance Controls: Armor customers receive certification of compliance mapped against PCI DSS controls.
PCI DSS Compliance Expertise: Cloud-ready organizations trust us to protect their customers’ payment card-related data at all cost.
Security-driven Compliance: True cloud security means letting compliance be an outcome of a security program, not its driver.

Our purpose-built managed cloud security solutions were created to simplify compliance, minimizing PCI DSS-related anxiety and preventing breaches of payment card information.

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Inherited PCI DSS Controls

Armor customers inherit Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 3.2.1 Compliance that addresses many of the controls mandated by the PCI Security Council. This means streamlined assessments, as well as cost savings, for organizations without robust cloud security programs.

Click on the tabs below to see key PCI DSS controls addressed by our solutions:

Armor Anywhere - PCI Compliance Matrix

Armor Security Services	PCI DSS 3.2.1 Controls	Risk Mitigation
Intrusion Detection	11.4	Malicious allowed traffic
Internal Network Vulnerability Scanning	11.2.3)	Exploits due to missing patches or updates; improper network firewall configuration
File Integrity Monitoring	11.5	Monitoring unauthorized changes to critical files
OS Patching/Updating	6.0, 6.2)	OS weaknesses
Malware Protection	5.1, 5.2, 5.3	Compromise due to virus/malware infection
Log & Data Management	10.1, 10.2.2-10.2.7, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7	Detection of malicious activity

Armor Anywhere with Secure Hosting - PCI Compliance Matrix

Armor Security Services	PCI DSS 3.2.1 Controls	Risk Mitigation
IP Reputation Filtering	Security best practice	Activity from known bad sources
DDoS Mitigation	Security best practice	Loss of availability due to high volume of malicious activity
Web Application Firewall	6.6	Application layer flaws and exploits
Intrusion Detection	11.4	Malicious allowed traffic
Network Firewall (Hypervisor-Based)	1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.3.3, 1.3.5	Unwanted network connectivity
Secure Remote Access (Two-factor authentication)	8.3	Unauthorized remote use of administrative access
Secure Remote Administrative Access	2.3	Disclosure of administrative credentials
OS Patching/Updating	6.1, 6.2	OS weaknesses
Malware Protection	5.1, 5.2, 5.3	Compromise due to virus/malware infection
Log & Data Management	10.1, 10.2.2-10.2.7, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7	Detection of malicious activity
Physical Security	9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4	Physical theft or compromise of data

PCI DSS Compliance Expertise

Leverage our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) expertise to overcome any compliance challenge. We provide 24/7/365 hands-on support to assist the team responsible for managing PCI DSS-related cloud security controls.

Our CISO Is Your CISO: Add to your cloud security roster with experienced cloud security experts to help guide you through compliance audits.
Certified Cybersecurity Experts: Relentless monitoring and rapid support from highly trained professionals.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC): Compliance experts with extensive years of experience that ensure that our secure hosting environment as well as our security capabilities are aligned and comply to major compliance and security frameworks.

Our talent doesn’t just extend your team. They become part of it, seamlessly incorporating our skill set and expertise into your cloud security roster. Together with our best-of-breed security technologies, we provide a level of cloud security and performance that only Armor can provide.

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