Scope of the practice
- PCI DSS compliance — assessment through certification, with our partner SISA.
- Payment gateway security — hardening the systems that move money.
- Fraud prevention & monitoring — detecting abnormal behavior before losses mount.
- Secure transactions & tokenization — protecting card and account data end to end.
What we deliver
PCI DSS Compliance
- PCI DSS Gap Assessment
- PCI DSS Implementation
- Scope Definition & RoC
- QSA Support & Remediation
- PCI DSS v4.0 Readiness
- Continuous Compliance
Payment Infrastructure Security
- Payment Gateway Security
- Switch & Processor Security
- HSM & Key Management
- Secure Network Segmentation
- Encryption in Transit & At Rest
- High Availability & Resilience
Fraud Prevention & Detection
- Real-time Fraud Monitoring
- Behavioral Analytics
- Transaction Monitoring
- Velocity & Anomaly Detection
- Device Fingerprinting
- ML-based Fraud Detection
Secure Digital Payments
- Tokenization & Vaulting
- 3D Secure (2.0) Implementation
- Biometric Authentication
- Mobile Payment Security
- QR Code Payment Security
- Open Banking Security
ATM & POS Security
- ATM Security Assessments
- POS & Terminal Hardening
- Skimming & Malware Protection
- Physical Security Controls
- Remote Monitoring
- Firmware & Patch Management
SWIFT & Financial Messaging Security
- SWIFT Security Assessments
- CSP & CSCF Compliance
- RMA Controls & Monitoring
- Message Integrity & Encryption
- Fraudulent Payment Detection
- Incident Response for SWIFT
Financial Crime Prevention
- AML Transaction Monitoring
- KYC & Identity Verification
- Sanctions Screening
- PEP & Watchlist Screening
- Case Management Support
- Regulatory Reporting Support
Compliance & Assurance
- Regulatory Compliance Advisory
- Penetration Testing (PT)
- Red Teaming for Payments
- Security Architecture Reviews
- Internal & External Audit Support
- Certification & Attestation Support
Outcomes you can take to the board
Protect Cardholder Data
Minimize risk of breaches and data compromise.
Prevent Fraud & Financial Loss
Detect and stop fraudulent transactions in real time.
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Meet global standards and local regulatory rules.
Strengthen Customer Trust
Deliver secure, seamless payment experiences.
Enable Business Growth
Build a secure payment ecosystem that scales with confidence.
Your cybersecurity journey
Every engagement starts with understanding your business — not selling technology.
Executive Workshop
Understand your business, risks, and strategic objectives.
Cyber Assessment
Assess current maturity, identify gaps, and prioritize critical risks.
Executive Report & Roadmap
Actionable insights, the right technologies, and an architecture for secure growth.
Implementation
Deploy solutions with best practices, minimizing disruption and maximizing value.
Managed Services & Continuous Compliance
Continuous monitoring, proactive support, and a posture that adapts to new risks.
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Questions our clients ask
Who needs PCI DSS compliance in Saudi Arabia?
Any organisation that stores, processes, or transmits payment card data — banks, payment service providers, fintechs, merchants, and their service providers. Validation requirements scale with annual transaction volume.
What changed in PCI DSS v4.0?
v4.0 is now the active standard, with the future-dated requirements having become mandatory in March 2025. It adds a customised implementation approach, stronger authentication requirements, and more prescriptive expectations around scripts on payment pages and continuous monitoring.
What is tokenization and how does it reduce scope?
Tokenization replaces card numbers with meaningless substitute values. Because systems holding only tokens are not handling cardholder data, they can fall outside your PCI DSS scope — reducing both audit effort and breach impact.
Best-of-breed platforms we implement for this practice
We are vendor agnostic — these are the platforms we most often deploy and operate for this practice.
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