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Austreme has completed its annual PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) onsite audit, with the latest version4.0.1.  This certificate is a Service Provider Level 1. 

Some changes from PCI DSS v4.0 to v4.0.1 include:   

Requirement 3 

  • Provided clarified applicability notes for issuers and companies that offer issuing services. 
  • Introduced a Customized Approach Objective and specified applicability for organizations that use keyed cryptographic hashes to make Primary Account Numbers (PAN) unreadable. 

Requirement 6 

  • Restored language from PCI DSS v3.2.1, stating that the 30-day timeframe for installing patches or updates applies solely to “critical vulnerabilities.” 
  • Included applicability notes to explain how the requirement regarding the management of payment page scripts is relevant. 

Requirement 8 

  • Incorporated an applicability note indicating that multi-factor authentication for all (non-administrative) access to the Cardholder Data Environment (CDE) does not apply to user accounts that are solely authenticated using phishing-resistant authentication factors. 

Requirement 12 

  • Revised applicability notes to clarify several aspects regarding the relationships between customers and third-party service providers (TPSPs). 

Austreme’s TLD solution is the only transaction laundering monitoring tool in the world that complies with PCI-DSS.