Compliance & certification

ASV Scanning

Quarterly Approved Scanning Vendor scans required for PCI DSS external vulnerability compliance.

Quarterly
PCI-mandated cadence
ASV
Council-approved methodology

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In plain terms Scanning

What this is

Quarterly Approved Scanning Vendor scans required for PCI DSS external vulnerability compliance.

Why it can hurt you

A failed or late ASV scan is one of the fastest ways to fall out of PCI compliance with your acquiring bank.

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Why it matters to you Scanning

The problem

A failed or late ASV scan is one of the fastest ways to fall out of PCI compliance with your acquiring bank.

Uninterrupted processing

Avoid fines or processing suspension for missed scan windows.

Predictable quarterly cadence

Scans scheduled ahead of your compliance deadline, never last-minute.

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How we do it Scanning

Scope confirmation

Every internet-facing IP in the CDE scope confirmed before scanning.

Scan execution

Quarterly scans run per PCI SSC ASV Program Guide methodology.

Dispute & rescan support

False positives disputed and rescans coordinated until a clean report is achieved.

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What we typically find Scanning

Unpatched public services

Externally reachable systems with known CVEs.

Insecure TLS

Deprecated protocol or cipher support on public endpoints.

No surprises on audit day.

We check what the auditor will check, first — so the audit is a formality.

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What lands on your desk Scanning

Quarterly ASV report

Formal passing scan report for submission to your acquirer.

Attestation of scan compliance

Signed document confirming the quarterly cadence was met.

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What you get out of it Scanning

Uninterrupted processing

Avoid fines or processing suspension for missed scan windows.

Predictable quarterly cadence

Scans scheduled ahead of your compliance deadline, never last-minute.

Certification & audits

Step by step Scanning

1. Scope confirmation

Every internet-facing IP in the CDE scope confirmed before scanning.

2. Scan execution

Quarterly scans run per PCI SSC ASV Program Guide methodology.

3. Dispute & rescan support

False positives disputed and rescans coordinated until a clean report is achieved.

Find out what we would find.

A scoping call is thirty minutes, costs nothing, and ends with a fixed price and a date. If we are not the right people for the job, we will tell you that too.