Contact FortConsult if you wish to know: - How to interpret the security requirements in PA DSS - Whether you have the option of exemption from PA DSS certification - How to be PA DSS validated in the quickest and most straightforward manner - How you can minimise your costs in qualifying for PA DSS validation We can also help you obtain PA DSS vali- dation. FortConsult is the only Danish enterprise which is certified by the credit card companies to both conduct audits and security scans of enter- prises' critical payment systems in accordance with PCI DSS - and to check security in payment software in accordance with PA DSS. In May 2008 the credit card companies and their umbrella organisation, the PCI Council, issued a new data security standard called the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS), which is relevant for enterprises that develop or install payment solutions. The PA DSS is a sister standard to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which applies to enterprises that handle credit card transactions and which is already widely implemented in the USA and Europe.   The PA DSS contains security requirements for payment solutions, which vendors develop and integrate with cash till systems or install at their customers' premises to handle payments by credit card. It defines a  best security practice  within payment software development, installation, maintenance and secure implementation guidance.   The PA DSS has been developed as a supplement to the PCI DSS in order to make it easier for your customers to be PCI DSS certified. Shops cannot be PCI DSS compliant unless their payment applications are secure. In practice it has been proven difficult for shops to interpret and communicate the exact security requirements to their application vendors. The credit card companies and the PCI Council have decided to issue a new standard, which is aimed at the vendors and software developers.   You are welcome to contact us if you are interested in learning more about the PA DSS, or you would just like to have a copy of the standard forwarded to you.   You can read more about the security requirements in PA DSS in the links below, as well as how to obtain PA DSS validation in the easiest possible manner.   About PA DSS Who has to comply with PA DSS? Who does not have to comply with PA DSS? Who lays down the security requirements? What are the security requirements? Benefits of PA DSS validation FortConsult and PA DSS Get a good overall perspective as soon as possible How to prepare for PA DSS validation Contact us - PCI DSS certified in 2004 to perform security scans as the first and only company in Scandinavia. - PCI DSS certified in 2005 to conduct audits as the first and only company in Scandinavia. - Chosen by the bank sector in Denmark to help all Danish bank data centres to acquire PCI DSS validation due to our early PCI DSS certification, our considerable experience in the PCI area and our extensive knowledge of the financial sector. - Permanent PCI DSS service provider to all Danish banks needing PCI DSS assistance. - Has carried out PCI DSS tasks for some of the biggest retail chains in Scandinavia at international level. - Is today the leading PCI DSS service provider in Scandinavia and the Baltic. We have, for instance, certified more than 60 percent of the enterprises on VISA's list of validated Scandinavian service providers. - PA DSS certified in 2008 as the first and only company in Denmark - and among the first 14 in the world.