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. FortConsult is the only Scandinavian enterprise that has been certified by the credit card companies to conduct PCI DSS audits and PCI DSS scanning on their behalf. We were one of the very first security enterprises in the world to be PCI DSS certified and today we have considerable experience in the PCI DSS field, experience which brings benefits to our many PCI DSS customers on a daily basis.   Thanks to our many customers in the financial sector and our early PCI DSS certification, we have been chosen by the Danish bank sector to help Danish bank data centres obtain PCI DSS validation. In addition, we are a permanent qualified security assessor for the majority of Danish banks that require PCI DSS assistance. Another example is Portugal, where we are the permanent PCI DSS supplier to Portugal's biggest acquiring bank, SIBS. We have thereby accumulated a great deal of experience in helping banks to obtain PCI DSS validation including assessing what is required in order to be validated and to determine the interface between the IT systems of the banks and their data centres.   See the list of qualified security assessors with a licence to conduct audits here.   You are always welcome to contact us if you have any questions concerning PCI DSS - and would like to know what the standard may mean for your particular bank.   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.