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. Contact FortConsult and we will be happy to provide advice as to how you can qualify for PCI DSS validation in the most straightforward manner, irrespective of whether you are subject to an audit, penetration test or scanning - or whether you just need help in completing the self-assessment questionnaire. Please contact us on email info@fortconsult.net or by phoning +45 7020 7525. Alternatively, please feel free to contact us if you are simply interested in hearing more about the standard.   Facts about FortConsult FortConsult is a specialist in being able to provide answers as to whether technical IT solutions are secure, thus enabling our customers to achieve better protection against security threats and giving them the peace of mind to be able to more fully exploit their IT solutions. Our primary services are impartial security tests and security assessments in accordance with PCI DSS. Our customer group includes Alm. Brand, Arla Foods, Bankdata, BEC, BRFkredit, Danske Bank, Danske Spil, DIBS Payment Services, DONG Energy, DSB, the Danish parliament, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, KMD, Lego Systems, Nomeco, Nordea, PBS, Rambøll, TrygVesta, TDC and many more besides.   In the following, you can read more about PCI DSS itself and what it means for European banks: Security requirements for acquiring banks Security requirements for issuing banks Delimitation of responsibility in relation to data centres Banks that have outsourced operations FortConsult and PCI DSS Getting started Preparing for PCI 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.