Security Spotlight
PCI Forensic Investigator Certification and the
fight against cyber crime
Kevin Pierce, COO, VikingCloud discusses the importance of the PCI Forensic Investigator Certification and what this means to the cyber security industry and to today’s businesses.
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ikingCloud joins fewer than 25 companies around the globe to hold PCI Forensic Investigator Certification, enabling it
to perform investigations for any breach size, including those larger than 30,000 breached records, as well as being authorised to review the outcome of a customer data breach investigation. Tis certification comes at a time that when hard-hitting statistics highlight the rise of global data breaches and subsequent high costs of attacks for companies of all sizes. Kevin Pierce, COO, VikingCloud explains.
Who is VikingCloud? VikingCloud, as one of the largest providers of compliance and security solutions has many of the top global acquirers and payment service providers as clients and more than five million businesses using our platforms. We are focused on delivering integrated compliance and security solutions to businesses globally and many of the world’s best-known brands are our customers. We are also the world’s largest Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) company and we were recently certified as a PCI Forensic Investigator (PFI) Company for North America by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) VikingCloud helps organisations with their cyber defence
through SaaS solutions that enable ways to secure network infrastructures, maintain compliance and provide assurance testing and assessments. We offer a platform that supports real-time intelligence
access to an organisation’s cyber risk landscape and enables the VikingCloud team to partner with organisations of all sizes to manage the ever-changing cyber threats and business risks.
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What is the PCI Forensic Investigator Certification? Te PCI SSC is an effort to increase payment security by providing data security standards and programs that help businesses detect, mitigate, and prevent cyberattacks and breaches. An effective tool is in the fact that PCI Forensic
Investigators are highly trained independent incident response experts certified by the PCI SSC and approved by the card brands to perform forensics investigations on security incidents that impact Cardholder Data Environments (CDEs). Investigators determine the existence of a payment cardholder data breach, the facts and circumstances of when and how it may have occurred and ensure there is no
longer an active breach. Certified businesses can perform investigations within the financial
industry. As a result of our recent PFI certification, VikingCloud is now
certified by the PCI SSC to perform investigations for any breach size, including those larger than 30,000 breached records. VikingCloud is also authorised to review the outcome of a customer data breach investigation.
How important is it for businesses to have the PCI Forensic Investigator Certification? It’s vital any PFI can be trusted to get to the root of a breach and provide valuable insights that will prevent it happening again. As a provider of cybersecurity solutions for a broad range of
organisations, we want to ensure we offer our customers every possible solution to enhance their cybersecurity protocols, and certification gives our customers peace of mind that our process and methodology around forensic investigations go above and beyond the minimal requirements.
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