If you're not using templates, you're wasting precious time
I’ll never forget when I first started managing the PCI DSS Compliance program at a Level 1 merchant. There was one SharePoint folder loaded with disorganized documentation, spreadsheets, and screen shots. I spent too many hours making sense of the chaos and getting the required evidence and documentation as organized as I could.
After getting the documentation and evidence organized in the most basic way, I realized that having templates to do the same repeatable tasks over and over would save me even more time.
Templates save time, money, and effort
There are so many moving parts when it comes to PCI DSS Compliance.
And, quite frankly, it’s not your QSA’s job to manage your PCI compliance. It’s yours.
“How to complete a Report on Compliance” was the first guidebook / template we published at Payment Card Assessments.
In this guidebook, we’ve identified 35 key milestones, created several template checklists, and step by step instructions on what to do and when to do it.
Repeatable processes help improve your compliance maturity as well as save you time so that you can focus your attention on assessing evidence or continuous compliance.
Ready to save time? Download one or all of our proven PCI DSS Compliance templates!
Report on Compliance Guide
Scope Assessment Guide & Templates
Third Party Service Provider Responsibility Template
I’ll be the first to admit that continuous PCI Compliance was beyond my grasp when I started my PCI journey in 2012. I was doing my best not to drown in a sea of confusion and chaos.
If something like our newest course, Implement Continuous PCI Compliance, existed a decade ago, I would have been all over this.
Or in this case, the proof is in your policies, standards, processes, procedures, configuration settings, access control lists, network diagrams, interviews and so much more.
Yes, PCI DSS Compliance is hard.
And it most certainly is a pain in the a$$ to do day in and day out.