Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS) / Secure Software Framework (SSF)
- Overview
Validate your payment application to support PCI DSS
Managing the security of payment applications with the PA DSS or SSF validation ensures that application security controls and software are developed with best security practices.Â
Having an application validated to the PA DSS, or SSF standards enables you to demonstrate to acquiring banks, payment processors, payment card brands, and merchants that your application development is according to industry best practices.
Our dedicated team of application security professionals have consulted on application security assessments since the beginning of the PA DSS program.
- Challenges
The Challenges Of PA DSS or SSF
- Minimise the Attack Surface – ensuring unnecessary privileges, features and functionality are removed or disabled.
- Software Protection Mechanisms – to protect the integrity and confidentiality of assets from attack.
- Secure Software Operations – to facilitate user accountability by activity tracking.
- Secure Software Lifecycle Management – how to identify, assess, and manage threats and vulnerabilities.
- Benefits
The Benefits Of Our Services
- Experienced and Approachable PA QSAs
Our Assessors have in-depth knowledge and experience of the Payment ecosystem. - Remediation Advisory
Our Assessors guide you to remediate non-compliance requirements. - Design Architecture
Our Assessors guide you on the most effective way to reduce the scope of the payment application. - The development of payment applications with security in mind.
Protect the integrity and confidentiality of the software and sensitive data captured. - Facilitates the security of an organisations cardholder data environment (CDE).
The payment software implementation and configuration is in a PCI DSS compliant manner.
- Scope
Payment Application Applicability
- Applies to third-party applications that store, process or transmit payment cardholder data as part of an authorisation or settlement.
- A description and type of applications (for example, POS terminal, payment switch, shopping cart, kiosk)
- Identify the payment acceptance channel of the application (for example, card present and card not present acceptance)
- Why SecuriCentrix
Why Choose Us
Experienced and Approachable PA QSAs
Our PA QSAs have in-depth knowledge and experience of the Payment ecosystem.
Remediation Advisory
Our PA QSAs guide you to remediate non-compliance requirements.
Design Architecture
Our PA QSAs guide you on the most effective way to reduce the scope of the payment application.
- Our Services
Our services
SecuriCentrix’s security services are designed to provide the vital assistance needed to make tangible improvements to your organisation’s cyber security posture.Â